屈 – yield, bend, flinch

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1434 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 屈 means yield, bend, flinch, submit. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is クツ (kutsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かが.む、かが.める (kagamu, kagameru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 尸 (no. 44).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	クツ	kutsu
Kun’yomi	かが.む	kagamu
Kun’yomi	かが.める	kagameru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 尸 (Kangxi radical 44). Components: ｜・山・尸・凵.

Words using 屈

退屈たいくつtedious窮屈きゅうくつnarrow屈折くっせつbending理屈りくつtheory

Example sentences

カクテルパーティーは退屈なときもある。

Cocktail parties can be boring.

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列車のコンパートメントはすぐ窮屈になる。

Train compartments soon get cramped.

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彼はその理屈がわからないほどばかではない。

He is too wise not to see the reason.

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Kanji with the same radical

局展屋層居尾属届尽履尿尻屑屎

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