漢字Kanji · in Communication & Thought
曲: bend, music
Also: melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
JLPT N36 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
日 carries the meaning · 廾 is drawn in
6 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
キョクkyoku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 曲名きょくめいsong title
- 曲線きょくせんcurve
- 名曲めいきょくfamous song
- 新曲しんきょくnew song
- 作曲家さっきょくかcomposer
- 作曲するさっきょくするcompose
まがるmagaru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 曲がるまがるturn [v.i.]
まげるmageru · kun'yomi
- 曲げるまげるbend [v.t.]
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 曲り角まがりかどcorner
Also read くま, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Take a deep breath and speak your truth! This radical represents the powerful act of opening one's mouth to let out a word, an opinion, or a command.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read キョク
3 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side曲 bend · 廾
vs由 wherefore · 丨In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qū
Same form: 曲 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 曲 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 曲 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qū most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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