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
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 5
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 45
- Art of War 2.2
- Art of War 2.4
- Art of War 2.13–14
- Art of War 3.2
- Art of War 3.6
- Art of War 8.10
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