曲
bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
6 / 6
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Vocabulary
キョク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歌曲 | カキョク | melody; tune; song |
| 歌謡曲 | カヨウキョク | kayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era; (Western) pop song |
| 戯曲 | ギキョク | drama; play; Chinese opera |
| 協奏曲 | キョウソウキョク | concerto |
| 曲折 | キョクセツ | bending; winding; meandering; zigzagging; ups and downs; twists and turns; complications; difficulties; vicissitudes |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一曲 | いっきょく | tune (melody, piece of music) |
| 楽曲 | がっきょく | musical composition; tune |
| 曲 | きょく | composition; piece of music; song; track (on a record); tune; melody; air; enjoyment; fun; interest; pleasure |
| 曲がり角 | まがりかど | (street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed |
| 曲がる | まがる | to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist; to turn; to be awry; to be askew; to be crooked |
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