Entry
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    bending; twisting; winding

  2. hard to understand; unintelligible

  3. Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Taru adjective

    stiff; stilted; awkward

    Formal or literary term

Also written 佶屈【きっくつ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

packed, close, pressed, reprove, rebuke, blame

Kun
つ.めるつ.め-づ.めつ.まるつ.む
On
キツキチ
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1020 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 29

Built from

Used in names as

ずめづめ

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-7-6SKIP code
7a6.7The Kanji Dictionary
0466.1Four corner code
3077deroo
8a70Unicode hex code
1-21-45JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4359Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5609New Nelson (John Haig)
1521New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1920Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1021Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1380Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
343Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
367Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1035A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1507Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35440Morohashi
1144A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1142Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1195Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
901Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1665Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1576Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1678Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
349Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jie2Pinyin reading
hilKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
29WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

yield, bend, flinch, submit

Kun
かが.むかが.める
On
クツ
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1434 of 2500
Radical
corpse
WaniKani
Level 27

Built from

Used in names as

くっ

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
3-3-5SKIP code
3r5.2The Kanji Dictionary
7727.2Four corner code
3776deroo
5c48Unicode hex code
1-22-94JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1386Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1415New Nelson (John Haig)
3079New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3821Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1958Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2652Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1060Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1140Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1584A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1629Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7669Morohashi
1188A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1802Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1940Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1232Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1166Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
349Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
528Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1069Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qu1Pinyin reading
gulKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
27WaniKani level