Keyword
bent
- to bend
- to flex
- crooked
- crouched
- Frequency
- #2059
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
qū
Mnemonic
尸 (corpse) gives the meaning and 出 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
屈服
to surrender; to succumb; to yield; (as a transitive verb) to defeat; to prevail over
委屈
wronged; aggrieved; to inconvenience; to put (sb) at a disadvantage; to do sb wrong; sense of being wronged
屈辱
to humiliate; humiliating
不屈
unyielding; unbending
屈
bent; to feel wronged
屈原
Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辞
屈从
to submit; to yield; to bow to sb's will
屈指可数
(lit.) can be counted on one's fingers (idiom); (fig.) very few
不屈不挠
unyielding; indomitable
首屈一指
to count as number one (idiom); second to none; outstanding
冤屈
to treat unjustly; an injustice
卑躬屈膝
to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
屈指
to count on one's fingers
屈曲
crooked
能屈能伸
can bow and submit, or can stand tall (idiom, from Book of Changes); ready to give and take; flexible
宁死不屈
rather die than submit (idiom)
憋屈
sullen
屈尊
to condescend; to deign
叫屈
to complain of an injustice; to lament sb's misfortune
屈光度
diopter
坚贞不屈
faithful and unchanging (idiom); steadfast
屈打成招
to obtain confessions under torture
坚强不屈
staunch and unyielding (idiom); steadfast
抱屈
feel wronged