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曲

bend
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingキョク
Kun readingま.がる、ま.げる、くま
JōyōGrade 3
  1. composition
  2. song
  3. track (on a record)

Popular Usage

曲る作曲曲線婉曲戯曲

Radicals and components

Radical曰sayComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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rice field (田) · brains · stick (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1256

Compound words

作曲さっきょく
composition (of music); setting; writing music
曲線きょくせん
curve
戯曲ぎきょく
drama; play; Chinese opera
婉曲えんきょく
euphemistic; circumlocutory; periphrastic; roundabout; indirect
一曲いっきょく
tune (melody, piece of music)
歌曲かきょく
melody; tune; song
楽曲がっきょく
musical composition; tune
曲折きょくせつ
bending; winding; meandering; zigzagging; ups and downs
曲目きょくもく
name of a piece of music; (musical) number; (musical) program; programme; selection (of music)
序曲じょきょく
overture; prelude
新曲しんきょく
new (musical) composition; new piece; new song
全曲ぜんきょく
all compositions; the entire composition
組曲くみきょく
suite
名曲めいきょく
famous piece of music; excellent song; (musical) masterpiece
謡曲ようきょく
noh song
湾曲わんきょく
curve; bend; crook
歌謡曲かようきょく
kayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era; (Western) pop song
協奏曲きょうそうきょく
concerto
曲がるまがる
to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist
曲げるまげる
to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl
交響曲こうきょうきょく
symphony
作曲家さっきょくか
composer
曲がりまがり
curvature; warp; bend
曲がり角まがりかど
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 曲

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