U+8BCE "诎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8BCE "诎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to bend" or "to yield" and is used in classical and modern Chinese to convey the idea of being subdued or compromising, often in a physical or metaphorical sense. It is composed of the radical for speech (讠) on the left and the phonetic component 出 on the right, indicating its pronunciation as "qū" in Mandarin. This character appears in ancient texts such as the "Book of Rites" and is sometimes employed in philosophical contexts to describe a state of retreat or subjugation, contrasting with concepts of strength or uprightness.