| Kanji | 曲 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | キョク |
| Kunyomi | ま.がる、ま.げる、くま |
| Nanori | まがた |
| English | bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean |
| Examples | 曲(きょく): tune; piece of music 作曲(さっきょく): composition; setting (of music) 戯曲(ぎきょく): play; drama 曲線(きょくせん): curve 曲がる(まがる): (1) to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist (2) to turn (3) to be awry; to be askew; to be crooked 曲げる(まげる): to bend; to crook; to lean; to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle) 婉曲(えんきょく): euphemistic; circumlocution; roundabout; indirect |
| JLPT Level | 3 |
| Jouyou Grade | 3 |
| Frequency | 810 |
| Components | 曰: say; reason; pretext; history; past; flat sun radical (no. 73) 廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55) |
| Number of Strokes | 6 |
| Kanji Radical | 曰 |
| Radical Number | 73 |
| Radical Strokes | 4 |
| Radical Reading | ひらび・いわく |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 象形 Pictographic |
| Keyword | bend |
| Koohii Story 1 | It looks like the mouth of Bender the robot, from Matt Groening´s animated series "Futurama". Thus, I use the character Bender the robot as a primitive. |
| Koohii Story 2 | Also means "melody". Think of it as a pictogram of a guitar where you have to bend the strings to make a melody. |
Tags: jlpt.n3, grade3, kanjifreq751-1000, kanji_physical.properties_shape.size, kanji_human.activities_culture.art
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