曲 (kuk1 | qu1 qu3) : crooked; winding; twisted

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曲

kuk1

qu1 qu3

(1) [1] crooked; bent; twisted; winding [2] wrong; false; unjustifiable [3] little known; obscure
(2) [1] a type of verse for singing, which emerged in the Southern Sung and Kin dynasties and became popular in the Yuan dynasty [2] [n] piece of music; song

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Stroke count: 6

Level: 3

Radical: 曰 (#73)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

曲

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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卡曲 kaa1 kuk1 = a car coat (loanword)

卡曲衫 kaa1 kuk1 saam1 = a car coat (loanword)

編曲 pin1 kuk1 bian1 qu3 = a (musical) arrangement

曲棍球 kuk1 gwan3 kau4 qu3 gun4 qiu2 = field hockey

歌曲 go1 kuk1 ge1 qu3 = song

樂曲 ngok6 kuk1 yue4 qu3 = musical composition

曲子 kuk1 zi2 qu3 zi5 = song; tune; melody

曲折 kuk1 zit3 qu1 zhe2 = complicated; winding; convoluted; circuitous; tortuous; intricate

曲線 kuk1 sin3 qu1 xian4 = curve; bight; profile; plot; curvilinear

歪曲 waai1 kuk1 wai1 qu1 = to distort; to misrepresent
See all 96 compounds (CantoDict reports 101 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 曲
Unicode code for this character: U+66f2 (off-site link)

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