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Kanji Detail for 曲 - "curve, music, bend"

  • Meaning

    曲 means "curve, music, bend."

    1. Curve - A bend; a turn.

    2. Music - A melody; a tune; a song.

    3. Wrong - Not straight; improper; unjust.

    4. Detailed - Thorough; meticulous.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

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

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    crooked, bent; wrong, false

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    crooked, bent; wrong, false

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Not straight. Bent objects are called 曲. Unjust reasoning is also called 曲. Such as 彼曲我直 (they are wrong and we are right). | Indirect, detailed. Refers to intricate and subtle aspects. Such as rural areas are called 鄉曲. Inner feelings are called 心曲. | Meaning of gentle persuasion. Such as 曲為之說 (to explain tactfully). | Musical composition. Such as 曲高和寡 (a lofty tune finds few singers). | A bend. Such as 山曲, 河曲, meaning the bends in mountains and rivers.
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Sentences including

  • That's beautiful , said john.

  • The boy persisted in his opinion.

  • I want to sing a song.

  • Which of the composers do you like best?

  • Turn right there.

  • I wrote the song for her.

  • I saw his car make a turn to the right.

  • This music reminds me of that girl.

  • She played a tune on the piano.

  • Have you ever listened to such a good music?

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