To Fold or to Break

"To Fold or to Break" by Nao

o-ru, o-reru, setsu

Probably, the most famous word including this character is origami. The word “ori gami” begins with today’s character. The verb “oru” means to fold paper or to break something hard, thin, and long.

“Origami no orikata” means “how to fold origami.” The noun orime is a fold, a crease, or a pleat.

The difference between oru and oreru is that the former is transitive; the latter is intransitive.

• Oru is used when you fold or break something.
• Oreru is used when something breaks.

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1. Begin to draw the left-hand side of the character. Draw the horizontal stroke.
2. Draw the vertical stroke with an upward turn.
3. Draw the sweeping stroke heading toward the next stroke.
4. Begin to draw the right-hand side of the character. Draw the sweeping stroke from the top.
5. Draw the longer sweeping stroke touching the previous stroke.
6. Draw the horizontal stroke touching the previous stroke.
7. Draw the vertical stroke starting from the middle of previous stroke. This is a sweeping stroke.