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屈
Qū
1. surname Qu
Common • Top 7% ✏️ 8 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

屈
qū
to bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched
HSK 5 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

不屈
bùqū
unyielding
冤屈
yuānqū
to receive unjust treatment
叫屈
jiàoqū
to complain of an injustice
委屈
wěiqu
to feel wronged
HSK 5
屈原
QūYuán
Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting [[離騷|离骚]] Lisao in Songs of Chu [[楚辭|楚辞]]
屈尊
qūzūn
to condescend
屈从
qūcóng
to capitulate
屈才
qūcái
to waste talent
屈指
qūzhǐ
to count on one's fingers
屈挠
qūnáo
to surrender
屈曲
qūqū
crooked
屈服
qūfú
to surrender
HSK 6
屈辱
qūrǔ
to humiliate
屈体
qūtǐ
pike position (diving)
抱屈
bàoqū
feel wronged
屈光度
qūguāngdù
diopter
屈原祠
QūYuáncí
Qu Yuan memorial temple on the Miluo river [[汨羅江|汨罗江]] at Yueyang [[岳陽市|岳阳市]], Hunan
屈折语
qūzhéyǔ
to inflect (in grammar)
屈膝礼
qūxīlǐ
curtsy
白屈菜
báiqūcài
greater celandine

Alternate Entries

屈
qū
bent / to feel wronged

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,683
Word Frequency Rank
5,517 of 84,292

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