倔 Strokes Write it Listen 倔 juè · jué gruff; surly HSK 7–9 10 strokes Radical 亻 Ideograph 2 words Built from亻rénman, person; people屈qūto bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched How it worksSomeone 亻 who does not bend 屈; 屈 also provides the pronunciation.