Chinese symbol for “succumb”
屈服
qū fú
to surrender; to succumb; to yield; (as a transitive verb) to defeat
The closest CC-CEDICT match for succumb is 屈服 (qū fú), defined as: to surrender; to succumb; to yield; (as a transitive verb) to defeat; to prevail over.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 屈服.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 服务 (服務) | fú wù | to serve; service |
| 衣服 | yī fu | clothes; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 套 (tào) |
| 服装 (服裝) | fú zhuāng | dress; clothing |
See also: Japanese symbol for “succumb”.
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.