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Kanji - grades 1-6 (教育漢字 Kyōiku kanji)
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Kanji Grade 3 - 曲

Kanji character Grade 3 曲. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 3 - 曲
About
bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
Kun: ま.がる、 ま.げる、 くま
On: キョク
6 strokes
Radical: say 曰
Parts: | 日
 
Onyomi
曲 【キョク】 composition, piece of music, song, track (on a record), tune, melody, air, enjoyment, fun, interest, pleasure
曲折 【キョクセツ】 windings, meanderings, complications, twists and turns
歌謡曲 【カヨウキョク】 kayōkyoku, form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era, (Western) pop song
名曲 【メイキョク】 famous piece of music, excellent song, (musical) masterpiece
 
Kunyomi
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
曲げる 【まげる】 to bend, to crook, to bow, to curve, to curl, to lean, to tilt, to incline, to slant, to bend (the truth), to distort, to twist, to pervert, to yield (a point), to depart (from a principle), to ignore (what one really thinks), to pawn