Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
corpse
Parts:
yield, bend, flinch, submit
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1434 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 屈辱 【クツジョク】 disgrace, humiliation
  • 屈従 【クツジュウ】 servile submission, subservience
  • 背屈 【ハイクツ】 dorsiflexion, dorsal flexion
  • 後屈 【コウクツ】 retroflexion

Kun reading compounds

  • 屈む 【かがむ】 to stoop, to lean over, to bend forward, to bend down, to crouch, to squat
  • 屈める 【かがめる】 to stoop, to bend (e.g. one's knees)

Readings

Japanese names:
くっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qu1
Korean:
gul

Spanish

  • doblar
  • torcer
  • curvar
  • rendirse
  • encogerse
  • someter

Portuguese

  • encruzilhada
  • curva
  • hesitação
  • submeter

French

  • céder
  • se courber
  • fléchir
  • soumission
1188 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1584 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1386 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1629 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1232 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1802 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1940 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
349 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
528 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3821 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1958 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2652 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1069 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7669 Morohashi
3079 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1415 New Nelson (John Haig)
1060 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1140 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1166 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3776 2001 Kanji
3r5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
7727.2 Four corner code
1-22-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c48 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
962 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 曲折 【キョクセツ】 bending, winding, meandering, zigzagging, ups and downs, twists and turns, complications, difficulties, vicissitudes
  • 屈折 【クッセツ】 bending, curving, twisting, turning, winding, warping (of feelings, logic, etc.), distortion, twisting, refraction, inflection
  • 折伏 【シャクブク】 preaching down, breaking down someone's false beliefs through confrontation (in order to convert them to the right faith)

Kun reading compounds

  • 折る 【おる】 to break, to fracture, to break off, to snap off, to pick (e.g. flowers), to fold, to bend, to make (origami), to interrupt, to end
  • 折 【おり】 opportunity, chance, occasion, time, folding, fold, pleat, crease, small food box (wooden or cardboard), folding in ... (two, three, etc.), counter for folded items, counter for items (esp. food) packed in an oribako
  • 折り合い 【おりあい】 agreement (e.g. business, dispute), understanding, compromise, settlement, relationship, relation, (good, bad, etc.) terms
  • 折々 【おりおり】 occasionally, now and then, from time to time
  • 指折り 【ゆびおり】 leading, prominent, eminent, foremost, distinguished, counting on one's fingers
  • 折 【おり】 opportunity, chance, occasion, time, folding, fold, pleat, crease, small food box (wooden or cardboard), folding in ... (two, three, etc.), counter for folded items, counter for items (esp. food) packed in an oribako
  • 折り合い 【おりあい】 agreement (e.g. business, dispute), understanding, compromise, settlement, relationship, relation, (good, bad, etc.) terms
  • 折々 【おりおり】 occasionally, now and then, from time to time
  • 指折り 【ゆびおり】 leading, prominent, eminent, foremost, distinguished, counting on one's fingers
  • 折れる 【おれる】 to break, to be broken, to snap, to fracture, to be folded, to give in, to back down, to yield, to submit, to turn (a corner)

Readings

Japanese names:
せき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhe2, she2, zhe1
Korean:
jeol, je

Spanish

  • plegar
  • doblar
  • romper
  • dividir
  • en ese tiempo
  • quebrar

Portuguese

  • dobrar
  • quebrar
  • fraturar
  • curvar
  • produto
  • submeter

French

  • plier
  • casser
  • fracture
  • courber
  • céder
  • soumettre
  • tourner (coin)
651 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
551 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
522 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
830 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1855 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
585 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
560 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
385 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1394 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1483 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
772 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
860 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
297 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
189 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
225 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1139 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11890 Morohashi
253 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2094 New Nelson (John Haig)
1130 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1211 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
485 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1354 2001 Kanji
3c4.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
5202.1 Four corner code
1-32-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6298 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
dark, profound
Parts:
Variants:
ratio, rate, proportion, %, factor, lead, spearhead, command
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
383 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 卒爾 【ソツジ】 abrupt, sudden
  • 卒然 【ソツゼン】 sudden, unexpected, unannounced, abrupt
  • 短慮軽率 【タンリョケイソツ】 impulsive and imprudent, rash and unthinking
  • 兜率 【トソツ】 Tusita (heaven, pure land)
  • 率 【リツ】 rate, ratio, proportion, percentage
  • 率を定める 【リツヲサダメル】 to fix the rate
  • 倍率 【バイリツ】 magnification, leverage, amplification, scaling factor, scale factor, competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance), applicant-to-acceptance ratio
  • 定率 【テイリツ】 fixed rate

Kun reading compounds

  • 率いる 【ひきいる】 to lead, to spearhead (a group), to command (troops)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu:4, shuai4, shuo4
Korean:
sol, ryul

Spanish

  • proporción
  • tasa
  • dirigir
  • mandar
  • verdad
  • franqueza
  • indiscreción
  • liderar
  • encabezar

Portuguese

  • razão
  • valor
  • proporção
  • %
  • coeficiente
  • fator

French

  • taux
  • rapport
  • proportion
  • %
  • coefficient
  • facteur
878 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
767 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
803 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
553 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
319 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
808 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
731 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2040 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
788 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
802 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
615 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1312 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2625 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1343 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1820 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1753 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20817P Morohashi
2118 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3618 New Nelson (John Haig)
1737 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1874 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
742 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
455 2001 Kanji
2j9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-9 SKIP code
2-9-2 SKIP code
0040.3 Four corner code
1-46-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7387 Unicode hex code