屈

yield, bend, flinch, submit

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

クツ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

かが.むかが.める

Nanori (名乗り)

くっ

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:8

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1434

Vocabulary

クツ

Word	Reading	Meaning
窮屈	キュウクツ	narrow; tight; cramped; formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious; rigid; constrained; uncomfortable; tight (e.g. finances)
屈辱	クツジョク	disgrace; humiliation
退屈	タイクツ	tedious; boring; dull; uninteresting; tiresome; monotonous; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
理屈	リクツ	theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse; pretext
卑屈	ヒクツ	servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling; spineless

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
屈指	くっし	leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
屈折	くっせつ	bending; curving; twisting; turning; winding; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; twisting; refraction; inflection
屈託	くったく	worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
屈する	くっする	to yield; to give in; to be daunted; to shrink; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; to feel down
屈伸	くっしん	bending and stretching; flexing and extending

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