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stoop, to bow 屈
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Used in these characters:
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屈
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| crouch, bent, crooked, to feel wronged
qū
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尸
屈
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Top: buttock from the side 尸, bottom: come/go out 出 (Two mountains 山 coming out one after the other)
("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).
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掘
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| dig, excavate
jué
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扌
屈
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Left: hand 扌, right: stoop/crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [= butt's crack] comes out 出 when crouching. = "plumber's crack or smile")
You use your hands and you are crouched, when: digging.
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倔
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| crabby, stubborn, obstinate, tough
jué
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亻
屈
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Left: person 亻, right: bow, crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [=butt's crack] comes out 出 when crouching. = "plumber's crack or smile")
A person who (always) is crouching becomes: crabby.
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窟
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JLPT no HSK |
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| cave, hole
kū
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穴
屈
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Top: cave/cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: stoop/crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [=butt's crack] comes out 出 when: crouching. = "plumber's crack or smile")
A hole where you have to crouch, is a cave.
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崛
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JLPT no HSK |
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| towering as a peak
jué
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山
屈
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Left: mountain 山, right: bow, crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [= butt's crack] comes out 出 when crouching. = "plumber's crack or smile")
The mountain that comes out like a buttock, is: towering as a peak.
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