Kanji 偏 partial, side, left-side radical Related words 頑がん 固こ 頑固 means stubborn in a more general sense, often about habits or refusal to change; 偏屈 adds a nuance of being warped, perverse, or unreasonably opinionated.
意い 地じ っ 張ぱ り 意地っ張り describes someone who stubbornly sticks to their own way out of pride; 偏屈 implies a more ingrained, eccentric narrow-mindedness.
Written forms 偏へん 屈くつ Usage 96%
へんくつ Usage 4%
偏へん 窟くつ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 窟 is not a standard character for this word.
Etymology Compound of 偏 (へん , 'biased, leaning') and 屈 (くつ , 'bent, warped'). The combination suggests a mind that is twisted and one-sided.
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