屈曲部

Reading

Kana: くっきょくぶ

Romaji: kukkyokubu

Definition

noun

1

elbow; elbow-shaped bend

Kanji

屈

Readings: クツ、 かが.む、 かが.める

Meanings: yield, bend, flinch, submit

曲

Readings: キョク、 ま.がる、 ま.げる、 くま

Meanings: bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean

部

Readings: ブ、 -べ

Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine