Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 曲


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Meaning

melody, bend, turn

Pronunciation

KYOKU
magaru

Explanation

A field with two growing plants II

Mnemonic

(In the wind) The plants in the field are bending. (Or: Two flutes 笛 play a melody.)

Radicals

to bend
day, sun(The radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.)
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!

Vocabulary

曲る まがる to bend
作曲 さっきょく composition, setting (of music)
曲線 きょくせん curve
戯曲 ぎきょく play, drama
曲げる まげる to bend, to crook, to lean
婉曲 えんきょく euphemistic, circumlocution, roundabout, indirect, insinuating

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