The Chinese Radical: 屈


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Meaning
stoop, to bow    屈

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 5
crouch, bent, crooked, to feel wronged

Top: buttock from the side , bottom: come/go out (Two mountains coming out one after the other)
("plumber's crack or smile", which refers to the visible butt-crack if a guy crouches with a too short shirt.) The buttock (= the crack) comes out when stooping(=bowing).
JLPT HSK 6
dig, excavate
jué
Left: hand , right: stoop/crouch (The buttock [= butt's crack] comes out when crouching. = "plumber's crack or smile")
You use your hands and you are crouched, when: digging.
JLPT HSK 6
crabby, stubborn, obstinate, tough
jué
Left: person , right: bow, crouch (The buttock [=butt's crack] comes out when crouching. = "plumber's crack or smile")
A person who (always) is crouching becomes: crabby.
JLPT no HSK
cave, hole

Top: cave/cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: stoop/crouch (The buttock [=butt's crack] comes out when: crouching. = "plumber's crack or smile")
A hole where you have to crouch, is a cave.
JLPT no HSK
towering as a peak
jué
Left: mountain , right: bow, crouch (The buttock [= butt's crack] comes out when crouching. = "plumber's crack or smile")
The mountain that comes out like a buttock, is: towering as a peak.

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