Spot 屈
Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.
Visual pattern
屈 component
qū · to bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched
A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.
A repeatable reading move
How to use 屈
Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.
Compare the visual pattern
Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.
Check what changes
Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.
Shared clue屈Visual pattern
Read the pattern before memorizing the list
Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.
The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.
Compare the family
What stays the same, what changes?
These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 屈.
倔=
亻
崛=
山
掘=
扌
堀=
土
窟=
穴
Move into vocabulary
Words you can read next
These words contain characters from the 屈 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.
发掘fājué
to excavate
HSK 3.0 · L7-9倔强juéjiàngstubborn
HSK 3.0 · L7-9崛起juéqǐto rise abruptly
HSK 3.0 · L7-9倔juègruff
HSK 3.0 · L7-9窟窿kūlonghole
HSK 3.0 · L7-9挖掘wājuéto excavate
HSK 3.0 · L7-9临渴掘井lín kě jué jǐnglit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty
倔头juè tóua surly, irascible person
四大石窟sì dà shí kūthe four great caves, namely: Longmen Grottoes 龍門石窟|龙门石窟[Long2 men2 Shi2 ku1] at Luoyang, Henan, Yungang Caves 雲岡石窟|云冈石窟[Yun2 gang1 Shi2 ku1] at Datong, Shanxi, Mogao Caves 莫高窟[Mo4 gao1 ku1] at Dunhuang, Gansu, and Mt Maiji Caves 麥積山石窟|麦积山石窟[Mai4 ji1 Shan1 Shi2 ku1] at Tianshui, Gansu
堀kūcave, hole
奇崛qí juéstrange and prominent
崛地而起jué dì ér qǐlit. arising suddenly above the level ground