くの字じ

noun

the hiragana character 'ku'

Refers to the shape of the hiragana く, often used to describe something bent or angled like that character.

• 彼かれはくの字じに曲まがった針はり金がねを伸のばした。

  He straightened the wire bent into a 'ku' shape.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

chevron-shaped; dogleg-shaped

Describes something bent at an angle resembling the hiragana く, such as a road, pipe, or posture.

• 道みちがくの字じに曲まがっている。

  The road bends in a dogleg.

• 彼かれはくの字じに体からだを折おってお辞じ儀ぎをした。

  He bowed deeply, bending his body into a chevron shape.