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Chinese symbol for “conjugate”

屈折语
qū zhé yǔ
Traditional: 屈折語
to inflect (in grammar); to decline; to conjugate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for conjugate is 屈折语 (qū zhé yǔ), defined as: to inflect (in grammar); to decline; to conjugate.

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Characters and stroke order

屈 qū
to bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched
radical 44 ⼫ · 8 strokes
折 zhé
to break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
语 yǔ
words, language; saying, expression
radical 149 ⾔ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 屈折语.

WordPinyinMeaning
屈服qū fúto surrender; to succumb
委屈wěi quwronged; aggrieved; to inconvenience; to put (sb) at a disadvantage; to do sb wrong
屈辱qū rǔto humiliate; humiliating
不屈bù qūunyielding; unbending
屈从 (屈從)qū cóngto 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
折磨zhé móto torment; to torture
挫折cuò zhésetback; reverse
语言 (語言)yǔ yánlanguage; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “conjugate”.

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