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

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 腱 【ケン】 tendon
  • 腱炎 【ケンエン】 tendinitis, tendonitis
  • 膝蓋腱 【シツガイケン】 patellar tendon
  • 屈筋腱 【クッキンケン】 flexor tendon

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
geon

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3792 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
29708 Morohashi
4843 New Nelson (John Haig)
4b8.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
7524.0 Four corner code
1-71-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8171 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
inflammation, flame, blaze
Kun:
ほのお
On:
エン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1242 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 炎 【エン】 -itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
  • 炎症 【エンショウ】 inflammation, irritation
  • 脳炎 【ノウエン】 brain inflammation, encephalitis, cerebritis
  • 胃炎 【イエン】 gastritis, gastric catarrh

Kun reading compounds

  • 炎 【ほのお】 flame, blaze, flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger), passion
  • 炎検出器 【ほのおけんしゅつき】 flame detector
  • 瞋恚の炎 【しんいのほのお】 intense antipathy (like a blazing fire), flames of rage
  • 嫉妬の炎 【しっとのほのお】 flames of jealousy

Readings

Japanese names:
ぬく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2
Korean:
yeom

Spanish

  • quemar
  • llamarada
  • inflamación
  • flama

Portuguese

  • inflamação
  • chama
  • fogo

French

  • inflammation
  • flamme
  • incendie
1024 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1231 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2751 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1727 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1513 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
697 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1336 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1419 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1803 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1264 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3075 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1568 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2145 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
164 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18910 Morohashi
2420 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3404 New Nelson (John Haig)
162 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
174 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1207 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1162 2001 Kanji
4d4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-4 SKIP code
9080.9 Four corner code
1-17-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
708e Unicode hex code