曲 Kanji – bend
The Japanese kanji 曲 can mean bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean.
Meaning and Readings
How is 曲 read?
曲 has the onyomi reading キョク and the kunyomi readings まがる, まげる, くま.
In romaji, these readings can be written as kyoku, magaru, mageru, kuma.
Common Japanese Words Using 曲
These common Japanese words contain 曲. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 一曲（いっきょく） — tune (melody, piece of music)
- 歌曲（かきょく） — melody, tune, song
- 歌謡曲（かようきょく） — kayōkyoku, form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era
- 楽曲（がっきょく） — musical composition, tune
- 戯曲（ぎきょく） — drama, play
- 協奏曲（きょうそうきょく） — concerto
- 曲（きょく） — composition, piece of music, song, track (on a record)
- 曲がり角（まがりかど） — (street) corner, turn (in the road), bend
- 曲がる（まがる） — to bend, to curve, to warp, to wind, to twist
- 曲げる（まげる） — to bend, to crook, to bow, to curve, to curl