屈折

Chinese

bent; feel wronged
 
tenth (in price); to break; to fold
tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)
simp. and trad.
(屈折)

Pronunciation


Verb

屈折

  1. to bend; to turn; to make a turn; to warp
  2. (linguistics) to inflect
  3. (physics) to refract

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (屈折):
  • Japanese: 屈折(くっせつ) (kussetsu)
  • Korean: 굴절(屈折) (guljeol)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
くつ > くっ
Grade: S
せつ
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(くっ)(せつ) • (kussetsu) 

  1. refraction
  2. inflection

Verb

(くっ)(せつ)する • (kussetsu suru) suru (stem (くっ)(せつ) (kussetsu shi), past (くっ)(せつ)した (kussetsu shita))

  1. to refract
  2. to inflect (a word)
  3. to be warped

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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