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Kanji 曲

6 strokes

Meaning

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

On'yomi
キョク
Kun'yomi
まがるまげるくま
Strokes
6
JLPT
N3
School grade
Grade 3
Kanken
8級
Frequency
#810 / 2500

Themes: Music & Art

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Words with 曲

  • 曲る

    まがる

    to turn, to bend

    N5
  • 作曲

    さっきょく

    composition (of music)

    N3
  • 曲線

    きょくせん

    curve

    N2
  • 曲げる

    まげる

    to bend, to crook, to lean

    N2
  • 婉曲

    えんきょく

    euphemistic, indirect, insinuating

    N1
  • 戯曲

    ぎきょく

    play, drama

    N1

Example sentences

  • 私わたしが彼女かのじょの歌うたを作曲さっきょくしました。

    I wrote the song for her.

  • 左ひだりに曲まがって。

    Turn left.

  • 右みぎに曲まがって。

    Turn to the right.

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Other kanji with radical “say” 曰