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Fold


Radical Combination


Meaning

Fold, Bend, Break

Mnemonic

If your fingers are strong enough, you can take an axe and fold it in half. But be careful not to bend it too far, or you might just break it!

Imagine holding an axe between your fingers and folding it like a pretzel. Or some silly putty. Or a really soft axe.


Reading

On'yomi

せつ

Kun'yomi

お, おり

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Unfortunately, as you fold these axes in half you realize they come in sets (せつ), so there are twice the axes you thought there would be. To compensate, you start folding them in sets too.

How many axes can you bend at once? A set of two? What about a set of four? Or a set of forty-two?


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