折 means fold
break, fracture, bend, yield
An axe and a hand: fold, break.
On'yomi
- セツsetsu
- シャクshaku
Kun'yomi
- お(る)oru
- お(り)ori
- お(れる)oreru
How it's built
- 扌hand
- 斤axe
Common words
- 折おりopportunity; chance
- 時折ときおりsometimes; at intervals
- 折るおるto break; to fracture
- 左折させつturning to the left; left turn