# 屈 — stoop; yield

屈 means “stoop; yield”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. On'yomi: クツ (kutsu). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: stoop; yield
- On'yomi: クツ (kutsu)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 8
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Shapes 1

## How to remember 屈

Parts: 尸 flag · 出 exit

## Don't confuse it with

[掘](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/dig/) · [堀](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/moat/) · [出](https://moji.ninja/n5-kanji/exit/) · [拙](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/clumsy/)

## More in the “Shapes 1” set

[模](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/imitate/) · [枠](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/frame/) · [範](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/pattern/) · [柄](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/pattern-on-fabric/) · [膨](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/swell/) · [丈](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/length/) · [屈](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/stoop/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/stoop/. Last updated 2026-11-01.