屈 — yield, bend, flinch, submit

Readings

On'yomi

クツ

Kun'yomi

かが.むかが.める

Example words

• 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