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

曲

  • Meaning

    曲 means "curve, music, wrong."

    1. Curve - A bend; a turn.

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

    3. Wrong - Not straight; improper; unjust.

    4. Detailed - Thorough; meticulous.

  • Words using 曲

    • 作曲 さっきょく Listen composition (of music); setting; writing music
    • 交響曲 こうきょうきょく Listen symphony
    • 協奏曲 きょうそうきょく Listen concerto
    • 戯曲 ぎきょく Listen drama; play; Chinese opera
    • 歌曲 かきょく Listen melody; tune; song
    • 曲折 きょくせつ Listen bending; winding; meandering
    • 名曲 めいきょく Listen famous piece of music; excellent song; (musical) masterpiece
    • 歌謡曲 かようきょく Listen kayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era; (Western) pop song

  • Four-character idioms with 曲

    • 同工異曲 どうこういきょく Listen equal workmanship but different style
    • 婉曲迂遠 えんきょくうえん Listen being euphemistic and circumlocutory
    • 是非曲直 ぜひきょくちょく Listen rights and wrongs (of a case); relative merits (of a case)
    • 曲学阿世 きょくがくあせい Listen prostitution of learning; twisting the truth and truckling to the times
    • 歌舞音曲 かぶおんぎょく Listen singing, dancing and music; (public) entertainment; performing arts
    • 正邪曲直 せいじゃきょくちょく Listen right and wrong; right or wrong

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    • Verified meaning: curve, music, wrong
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read き, きょく, きよく, くま)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 曲

    Given names 曲(きょく)Listen 曲(まがる)Listen

    Surnames 曲(き)Listen 曲(きよく)Listen 曲(くま)Listen 曲(まがり)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • 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

    surname Qu

    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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kyoku(キョク) キョク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kuma(くま) くま

    magaru(ま-がる) ま-がる

    mageru(ま-げる) ま-げる

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

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    曰 (iwaku・hirabi)

  • Related Keywords

    curve music wrong corner nook detailed tune melody bend composition error fault harmony mistake rhythm score song sound tone turn twist

Sentences including 曲

  • 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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