倔
jué · HSK 7
crabby
倔 = person (亻) + 屈 bend; a person who won't bend is stubborn and crabby
The right side 屈 means to bend or submit; add the person radical 亻on the left and you get someone who refuses to bend, hence crabby and tough. Pronounced jué.
倔 — person radical 亻 + 屈 (qū, bend/yield)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 亻 (person) signals the meaning relates to human character, while 屈 supplies the sound (originally qū, now jué here) and the idea of 'bending' or 'yielding'. Combined, 倔 describes a person who refuses to bend — stubborn or unyielding.