曲
KanjiJLPT N3
BendRadical: Song
bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
Mnemonic
Pictograph of a banjo. You better bend those strings.
Details
The keyword for 曲 is bend. This kanji conveys the idea of something curving or not being straight, representing a deviation from a direct line or path. By extension, it also refers to a musical composition or tune, likely because a melody winds and curves through different notes and pitches. It can also carry the connotation of something being crooked, wrong, or twisted in a moral sense.
- On'yomi
- きょく
- Kun'yomi
- ま.がる、ま.げる、くま