屈

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bent; to feel wronged

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,545 U+5C48

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

尸 (semantic, “corpse”) + 出 (phonetic, chū)

components: 尸出

knuckle under · Heisig RSH #2143

flag + 出 exit

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 出

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 出 (chū) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
出 sound component	chū	to go out, to send out; stand; produce
拙	zhuō	awkward, clumsy; dull, stupid
础	chǔ	foundation stone, plinth; basis
黜	chù	to dismiss; to downgrade, to demote
咄	duō	a cry of anger
绌	chù	to stitch, to sew; insufficient
诎	qū	to stutter, to exhaust; to crouch, to bend

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
宁死不屈	nìng sǐ bù qū	rather die than submit (idiom)
屈指可数	qū zhǐ kě shǔ	(lit.) can be counted on one's fingers (idiom); (fig.) very few
屈公病	qū gōng bìng	chikungunya fever (Tw)
威武不屈	wēi wǔ bù qū	not to submit to force
首屈一指	shǒu qū yī zhǐ	to count as number one (idiom); second to none; outstanding
屈打成招	qū dǎ chéng zhāo	to obtain confessions under torture
屈光度	qū guāng dù	diopter
白屈菜	bái qū cài	greater celandine
屈指一算	qū zhǐ yī suàn	to count on one's fingers
屈头蛋	qū tóu dàn	see 鴨仔蛋\|鸭仔蛋[ya1 zi3 dan4]
理屈词穷	lǐ qū cí qióng	lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom); fig. unab…
屈折语	qū zhé yǔ	to inflect (in grammar); to decline; to conjugate
不屈	bù qū	unyielding; unbending
屈体	qū tǐ	to bend at the waist; (fig.) to bow to; (diving) pike position
坚强不屈	jiān qiáng bù qū	staunch and unyielding (idiom); steadfast
屈原纪念馆	Qū Yuán Jì niàn guǎn	Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣\|秭归县[Zi3 gui1 Xian4], Hubei, built in 1982 and a …
大丈夫能屈能伸	dà zhàng fu néng qū néng shēn	A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.; ready to give and take; flexible
屈原	Qū Yuán	Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Partin…
屈伦博赫	Qū lún bó hè	Culemborg, city in the Netherlands
屈指	qū zhǐ	to count on one's fingers