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屈

Yield
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingクツ
Kun readingかが.む、こご.む
JōyōGrade 8Level 27
  1. leading
  2. foremost
  3. preeminent
  4. outstanding
  5. one of the best

Popular Usage

窮屈屈折

Radicals and components

Radical尸corpse
Components
How it's built
屈
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flag (方) · exit

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1140

Compound words

屈指くっし
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
卑屈ひくつ
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing
窮屈きゅうくつ
narrow; tight; cramped; formal; stiff
屈折くっせつ
bending; curving; twisting; turning; winding
屈辱くつじょく
disgrace; humiliation
屈託くったく
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
不屈ふくつ
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
退屈たいくつ
tedious; boring; dull; uninteresting; tiresome
理屈りくつ
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic
屈むかがむ
to stoop
屈曲くっきょく
crookedness
屈従くつじゅう
servile submission
屈伸くっしん
bending and stretching
屈托くったく
worry
佶屈きっくつ
bending
屈するくっする
to yield
屈めるかがめる
to stoop
屈伸性くっしんせい
flexibility, elasticity
屁理屈へりくつ
sophism
似非理屈えせりくつ
sophistry
不撓不屈ふとうふくつ
tenacity

Additional Examples

彼は自分の運命に屈しようとはしなかった。
He would not submit to his fate.tatoeba
彼は最後には彼女に屈した。
He finally surrendered to her.tatoeba
屈折は太陽が地平線に近いほど大きくなる。
Refraction makes the sun look larger the closer it is to the horizon.wiki
大気による屈折で太陽の位置が実際より上に見えるため
Due to refraction in the atmosphere, the sun can look higher than it actually is.wiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Bend; yield. 尸 (body) + 出 (go out) — bending down to squeeze through. 屈する — give in.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 屈

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step