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屈 かが.む、かが.める yield, bend, flinch, submit 1 1434 8 44 しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ 象形 Pictographic When yielding, soldiers raise the white flag before exiting from the trenches.

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クツ くっ 理屈(りくつ): theory; reason窮屈(きゅうくつ): narrow; tight; stiff; rigid; uneasy; formal; constrained屈折(くっせつ): (1) bending; indentation (2) refraction (3) inflection (4) warping (e.g. of opinion, reasoning, etc.); distortion退屈(たいくつ): tedium; boredom S 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44)出: exit; leave; go out; come out; put out; protrude 尸 3 (none) yield If you live in Japan, you are only too familiar with the helpful little man who assists you in getting out of every parking lot or parking garage, standing at the exit, waving his flag to make traffic yield to you.

Kanji	屈
Onyomi	クツ
Kunyomi	かが.む、かが.める
Nanori	くっ
English	yield, bend, flinch, submit
Examples	理屈(りくつ): theory; reason 窮屈(きゅうくつ): narrow; tight; stiff; rigid; uneasy; formal; constrained 屈折(くっせつ): (1) bending; indentation (2) refraction (3) inflection (4) warping (e.g. of opinion, reasoning, etc.); distortion 退屈(たいくつ): tedium; boredom
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1434
Components	尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 出: exit; leave; go out; come out; put out; protrude
Number of Strokes	8
Kanji Radical	尸
Radical Number	44
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	yield
Koohii Story 1	When yielding, soldiers raise the white flag before exiting from the trenches.
Koohii Story 2	If you live in Japan, you are only too familiar with the helpful little man who assists you in getting out of every parking lot or parking garage, standing at the exit, waving his flag to make traffic yield to you.

Flag Yield Parking 屈 クツ かが.む、かが.める くっ Bend

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