Memory phrase for the character: 屈

屈

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Meaning

crouch, bent, crooked, to feel wronged

Pronunciation

qū

Explanation

 Top: buttock from the side 尸, bottom: come/go out 出 (Two mountains 山 coming out one after the other)

Mnemonic
 
("plumber's crack or smile", which refers to the visible butt-crack if a guy with a too short shirt crouches.) The buttock (= the crack) comes out when stooping(=bowing).

Radicals

尸 buttocks in side viewThis radical has actually the meaning: corpse 尸. But due to its use in tail 尾, urine 尿, or flatulence 屁, it is considered to generally mean 'buttocks'.
屈 stoop, to bow
出 coming out




 Vocabulary

屈服 qū fú  to surrender; to yield
委屈 wěi qū  to feel wronged; to nurse a grievance; to cause sb to feel wronged
不屈 bù qū  unyielding; unbending
屈辱 qū rǔ  to humiliate; humiliating
冤屈 yuān qū  to receive unjust treatment; injustice
 

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