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屈 means 'yield'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 1090   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-11    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 43 words   Used in 70 words   Used in 39 names   Component in 8 kanji (3 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   クツ
Additional readings
Kun    かがめる to stoop down   かがむ to stoop
Name    くっ
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 屈 - click the badge to download
In life, you must go with the flow sometimes but should "stand your ground" on other occasions. (Know when to fold them, know when to hold them, and all that.) Learn words about bending over - both literally (e.g., when putting on shoes) and metaphorically (e.g., when kowtowing to others).
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⿸  尸 corpse  出 go out  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 屈 is used 5 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 屈 is used 65 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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クツ : 31 words FIND ALL
く つ じ ょ く 0
noun
disgrace; humiliation
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クツ (read as くっ) : 25 words FIND ALL
く っ せ つ 0
1. bending; indentation
2. refraction
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かがめる : 9 words FIND ALL
か が ま る 3
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to bow (of one's back, e.g. due to age); to bend
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An additional 5 less common words include 屈 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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屈
クツ    yield   
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尸
corpse
出
シュツ   スイ   だす to take out, to put out   でる to go out, to exit   
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