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屈服

屈服

Chinese

bent; feel wronged
 
clothes; dress; garment; submit; take (medicine)
simp. and trad.
(屈服)
alt. forms 屈伏

Verb

屈服

  1. to surrender; to yield

Japanese

Kanji in this term
くつ > くっ
Grade: S
ふく > ぷく
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 屈服 (/kɨut̚ bɨuk̚/, literally bend; crouch + submit; obey). Compare modern Hakka reading khiut-fu̍k.

The modern reading kuppuku is a shift from earlier kutsubuku.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

屈服 (hiragana くっぷく, romaji kuppuku)

  1. surrender, submission, or subjection (as to a ruler or other authority)
  2. prostration, kowtowing

Verb

屈服する (hiragana くっぷくする, romaji kuppuku suru)

  1. to surrender, submit, or subject oneself (as to a ruler or other authority)
  2. to prostrate oneself

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9