曲

Stroke order

Han character edit

曲 (Kangxi radical 73, 曰+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 廿田 (TW) or 廿月金 (TBC) or 難廿田 (XTW), four-corner 5560₀, composition ⿻曰⿰丨丨)

Derived characters edit

• 豊, 農, 𪨰, 麯, 𨀪, 𨀲, 㖆, 浀, 粬, 蛐, 𪜔

See also edit

• 典, 曹

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 502, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14280
• Dae Jaweon: page 873, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1484, character 2
• Unihan data for U+66F2

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 曲
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogram (指事) – a bent object.

Also simplified from 麴 via the variant character 麯／曲.

Etymology 1 edit

used in names of rivers

From Tibetan ཆུ (chu, “river”).

to bend, bent, curved, crooked, wrong

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(k/ʔ)uk (“bend, crooked, return, back, year”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan འགུགས ('gugs, “to bend”), Burmese ကောက် (kauk, “bent, curved, crooked”) (Hill, 2019). Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *gɔk (“be crooked, bent, lame”) (Schuessler, 2007).

mocking; ridiculing

From 曲線／曲线 (qūxiàn).

Pronunciation 1 edit

Definitions edit

曲

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 曲姓 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 曲氏 (Cantonese)
• Khiok (oat-pêng) (Southern Min)

1. not straight; bent
   1. twisting
   2. curved

      曲線／曲线  ―  qūxiàn  ―  curve

   3. crooked
2. wrong; not right
3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly Internet slang) mocking; ridiculing
4. a surname
5. Used in names of rivers in Tibet and surrounding regions.

Compounds edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

Definitions edit

曲

1. song

   歌曲  ―  gēqǔ  ―  song

   曲調／曲调  ―  qǔdiào  ―  melody

2. Qu (poetry)

Synonyms edit

• (song):

• (Qu): 詞餘／词余 (cíyú)

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

References edit

• “曲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Kanji edit

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. song, melody, composition
2. bent, curve
3. to turn, to twist
4. crooked

Readings edit

• Go-on: こく (koku)
• Kan-on: きょく (kyoku, Jōyō)
• Kun: まがる (magaru, 曲がる, Jōyō); まげる (mageru, 曲げる, Jōyō); くま (kuma, 曲); くせ (kuse, 曲)

Compounds edit

Pronunciation edit

• (Tokyo) きょく [kyòkú] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) きょ​く [kyóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun edit

曲(きょく) • (kyoku) 

1. a piece of music

References edit

Hanja edit

曲 (eumhun 굽을 곡 (gubeul gok))

1. Hanja form^? of 곡 (“bent; twisted; curved”).
2. Hanja form^? of 곡 (“a piece of music; tune”).

Compounds edit

Han character edit

曲: Hán Việt readings: khúc (丘(khâu)六(lục)切(thiết))^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
曲: Nôm readings: khúc^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

1. chữ Hán form of khúc (“bent; curved”).
2. chữ Hán form of khúc (“piece; section; chunk; tune; song”).

Compounds edit

References edit