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曲

Kanji meanings and readings

曲

N3

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

On reading
キョク
Kun reading
ま.がる、ま.げる、くま
Radical
曰
Illustration of 作曲
N3

さっきょく

composition; setting (of music)

Illustration of 婉曲
N1

えんきょく

euphemistic; circumlocution; roundabout; indirect; insinuating

Illustration of 戯曲
N1

ぎきょく

play; drama

Illustration of 曲

曲

N1

きょく

tune; piece of music

Illustration of 曲げる
N2

まげる

to bend; to crook; to lean

Illustration of 曲る
N5

まがる

to turn; to bend

Illustration of 曲線
N2

きょくせん

curve