Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

屈: yield, bend

Also: flinch, submit

JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

尸 carries the meaning · 出 is drawn in

8 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

クツkutsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 理屈りくつtheory; reason; logic
  • 屈辱くつじょくdisgrace; humiliation
  • 屈指くっしleading; foremost; preeminent
  • 屈託くったくworry; care; concern
  • 窮屈きゅうくつnarrow; tight; cramped
  • 屈折くっせつbending; curving; twisting
  • 退屈たいくつtedious; boring; dull

Also read かがむ, かがめる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Lie down and cover up! This radical has two lives: it can represent the stillness of a body or the protection of a roof.”
More in the 尸 corpse story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
尸

Also built on corpse (尸)

All 18
出

Also built on exit (出)

屈 gives its sound to

The family reading is クツ (kutsu). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read クツ

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
屈 yield · 尸
vs拙 bungling · 扌
屈 has 尸 where 拙 has 扌.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qū

Same form: 屈 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
屈 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
屈 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin qū most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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