曲

See also 麹, 麯, and 典

Translingual

Stroke order

simpl.		曲
trad.		曲麯麹

Etymology

Ideogram (指事) – a bent object. Earlier forms shaped more like a ‘U’.

Existed as traditional character, but also Simplified from 麯 (麥 → [[ ]]) (elimination of 麥); also simplified form of variant 麹.

Han character

曲 (radical 73 曰+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 廿田 (TW), 廿月金 (TBC), X廿田 (XTW), four-corner 5560₀)

1. crooked, bent
2. wrong, false
3. sheet music
4. yeast, mold (fermenting materials for beer and wine) (as simplified character for 麯, 麹)

Derived characters

• 豊 農 麯

See also

• 典 曹

References

• KangXi: page 502, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14280
• Dae Jaweon: page 873, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1484, character 2
• Unihan data for U+66F2

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Cantonese

Hanzi

曲 (jyutping kuk1, Yale kuk1)

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Japanese

Kanji

曲 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: きょく (kyoku)
• Kun: まがる (magaru), まげる (mageru), くま (kuma)

Compounds

• 曲解
• 曲技
• 曲芸
• 曲射
• 曲折
• 曲面
• 曲目
• 曲論
• 曲者

Noun

曲 (hiragana きょく, romaji kyoku)

1. a piece of music

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Korean

Hanja

曲 (hangeul 곡, revised gok, McCune-Reischauer kok, Yale kok)

1. bent, crooked
2. false, wrong
3. a piece of music

Compounds

曲曲 (곡곡, goggog) everywhere 曲管 (곡관, goggwan) bent pipe or tube 曲論 (곡론, gogron) sophistry 曲率 (곡률, gogryul) curvature 曲馬 (곡마, gogma) circus 曲面 (곡면, gogmyeon) curved surface 曲名 (곡명, gogmyeong) musical title 曲目 (곡목, gogmog) musical items, titles 曲射 (곡사, gogsa) high-angle fire 曲線 (곡선, gogseon) curve 曲藝 (곡예, gogye) acrobatic artistry 曲子 (곡자, gogja) leaven, malt 曲折 (곡절, gogjeol) underlying reasons for behavior 曲直 (곡직, gogjig) right and/or wrong, good and/or bad 曲尺 (곡척, gogcheog) steel square, carpenter's square 曲筆 (곡필, gogpil) unfair authorship 曲學 (곡학, goghag) unfair scholarship 曲解 (곡해, goghae) misunderstanding, misinterpretation

歌曲 (가곡, gagog) song, aria, melody 作曲 (작곡, jaggog) musical composition

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Mandarin

Hanzi

曲 (pinyin qū (qu1), qǔ (qu3), Wade-Giles ch'ü¹, ch'ü³)

Compounds

qū 曲笔 曲别针 曲尺 曲棍球 曲解 曲尽其妙 曲径 曲里拐弯, 曲里拐弯儿的 曲面 曲曲弯弯 曲射炮 曲水流觞 曲线 曲意逢迎 曲折 曲直

qǔ 曲笛 曲调 曲高和寡 曲目 曲牌 曲谱 曲坛 曲艺 曲终奏雅 曲子

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Middle Chinese

Han character

曲 (*kiok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

曲 (khúc)