屈 — Chinese character

屈

qū

to bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched

Pinyin: qū
Radical: 44 ⼫ (Corpse)
Strokes: 8
Components: 尸出
Formation: pictophonetic — corpse; meaning component 尸; sound component 出
Japanese: 屈 as a kanji

Common words with 屈

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
屈服	qū fú	to surrender; to succumb
委屈	wěi qu	wronged; aggrieved; to inconvenience; to put (sb) at a disadvantage; to do sb wrong
屈辱	qū rǔ	to humiliate; humiliating
不屈	bù qū	unyielding; unbending
屈从 (屈從)	qū cóng	to submit; to yield; to bow to sb's will
屈指可数 (屈指可數)	qū zhǐ kě shǔ	(lit.) can be counted on one's fingers (idiom); (fig.) very few
不屈不挠 (不屈不撓)	bù qū bù náo	unyielding; indomitable
首屈一指	shǒu qū yī zhǐ	to count as number one (idiom); second to none; outstanding
冤屈	yuān qū	to treat unjustly; an injustice
卑躬屈膝	bēi gōng qū xī	to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
屈指	qū zhǐ	to count on one's fingers
屈曲	qū qū	crooked

English words written with 屈

屈 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Art of War 7 · Mencius 3 · Zhuangzi 12

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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