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曲

曲 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 折れかがまる。かがむ。
  2. 心や行が拗け歪む。ひがむ。
  3. 歪めいつわる。よこしまにする。
  4. 意思に反して屈服する。
  5. 細かい事柄。部局。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。曲がったものを象る。「まがる」を意味する漢語｛曲｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キョクElem.
Kun (native)
  • ま(がる)Elem.
  • ま(げる)Elem.
  • くま
Nanori (used in names)
  • まがた
Other languages
  • 拼音qu3
  • 拼音qu1
  • 한글gog
  • Hán-ViệtKhúc

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
曰(ひらび)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+66F2

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻[:-1]〢日

Words using this kanji

  • 曲きょく（キョク）楽曲。 （キョク）楽曲をかぞえる助数詞。composition, piece of music, song, track (on a record)
  • 曲折きょくせつ折れ曲がること。 物事が変化すること。bending, winding, meandering, zigzagging
  • 曲目きょくもく楽曲の題名。また、それを記載したもの。name of a piece of music, (musical) number, (musical) program, programme
  • 曲がり角まがりかど(street) corner, turn (in the road), bend, turning point
  • 曲線きょくせん曲がった線。 直線を含む、幾何学的対象としての線の総称。「曲率が0とは限らない」という意味では、直線を一般化したもの。curve
  • 曲がりまがりcurvature, warp, bend
  • 曲がるまがる「まがる」を参照。to bend, to curve, to warp, to wind
  • 曲げるまげる「まげる」を参照。to bend, to crook, to bow, to curve
  • 曲芸きょくげい常人には出来ないような離れ技。acrobatics, acrobatic performance, stunt
  • 曲面きょくめん平面ではなく曲がっている面。curved surface
  • 曲がりくねるまがりくねるto bend many times, to turn and twist, to zigzag
  • 曲げまげflexure, bending
  • 曲くせ（キョク）楽曲。 （キョク）楽曲をかぞえる助数詞。long segment of a noh play forming its musical highlight, wrong, improper, indecent
  • 曲悪きょくあくwickedness
  • 曲解きょっかい相手の言動などを、そのままでなくわざと曲げて解釈すること。(deliberate) misinterpretation, distortion (of someone's words, etc.), contortion, perversion
  • 曲学きょくがくinferior scholarship
  • 曲技きょくぎacrobatic feats
  • 曲球きょっきゅうcurveball
  • 曲事きょくじwickedness, injustice
  • 曲事くせごとcrookedness, something not right, something out of the ordinary, something unpleasant

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Lookup codes

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