曲 — kanji meaning “bend”
曲
bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
- Meanings
- bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
- On'yomi
- キョク (kyoku)
- Kun'yomi
- ま.がる、ま.げる、くま
- Name readings
- まがた
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #810 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 73
- Chinese reading
- qǔ, qū — Chinese character page
Words with 曲
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 作曲 | さっきょく sakkyoku | composition (of music); setting; writing music |
| 曲線 | きょくせん kyokusen | curve |
| 楽曲 | がっきょく gakkyoku | musical composition; tune |
| 戯曲 | ぎきょく gikyoku | drama; play |
| 新曲 | しんきょく shinkyoku | new (musical) composition; new piece; new song |
| 交響曲 | こうきょうきょく koukyoukyoku | symphony |
| 名曲 | めいきょく meikyoku | famous piece of music; excellent song; (musical) masterpiece |
| 曲がる | まがる magaru | to bend; to curve; to warp |
| 曲がり角 | まがりかど magarikado | (street) corner; turn (in the road); bend |
| 協奏曲 | きょうそうきょく kyousoukyoku | concerto |
| 曲げる | まげる mageru | to bend; to crook; to bow |
| 全曲 | ぜんきょく zenkyoku | all compositions; the entire composition |
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