曲 (qū)
Bent; curved; winding.
How 曲 is written
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 二 — two
- Traditional
- 曲
- Simplified
- 曲 (unchanged)
Components
- 二 two
- 凵 container
曲 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- qū
- surname Qu
- qǔ
- tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]
Common words using 曲
- 單曲 dānqǔ
- single (music)
- 歌曲 gēqǔ
- song
- 交響曲 jiāoxiǎngqǔ
- symphony
- 作曲 zuòqǔ
- to compose (music)
- 作曲家 zuòqǔjiā
- composer; songwriter
- 催眠曲 cuīmiánqǔ
- lullaby
- 協奏曲 xiézòuqǔ
- concerto
- 名曲 míngqǔ
- famous song; well-known piece of music
- 夜曲 yèqǔ
- nocturne (music)
- 奏鳴曲 zòumíngqǔ
- sonata
- 委曲 wěiqū
- sinuous; devious; full details of a story
- 序曲 xùqǔ
- overture
曲 in a sentence
這條路彎彎曲曲的，很難開。
Zhè tiáo lù wānwānqūqū de, hěn nán kāi.
“This road is very winding and difficult to drive on.”
How common is 曲?
曲 is the 1,064th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 90.1% of all running text.
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