曲
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tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #355 U+66F2
How 曲 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A folded object 曰
components: 曰 丨 ×2
How to remember it
bent · Heisig RSH #967
brains
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 曲 as their sound component
These characters all use 曲 (qǔ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曲 sound component | qǔ | crooked, bent; wrong, false |
| 蛐 | qū | cricket; worm |
Words containing 曲
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曲水县 | Qǔ shuǐ Xiàn | Qüxü, a county in Lhasa City 拉薩市|拉萨市[La1 sa4 Shi4], Tibet |
| 平面曲线 | píng miàn qū xiàn | (math.) plane curve |
| 曲阳县 | Qǔ yáng Xiàn | Quyang, a county in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei |
| 阳曲县 | Yáng qǔ Xiàn | Yangqu, a county in Taiyuan City 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 河曲县 | Hé qǔ Xiàn | Hequ, a county in Xinzhou City 忻州市[Xin1 zhou1 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 曲江区 | Qǔ jiāng Qū | Qujiang, a district of Shaoguan City 韶關市|韶关市[Shao2 guan1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 代数曲面 | dài shù qū miàn | algebraic surface |
| 作曲家 | zuò qǔ jiā | composer; songwriter |
| 曲子 | qǔ zi | poem for singing; tune; music; CL:支[zhi1] |
| 代数曲线 | dài shù qū xiàn | (math.) algebraic curve |
| 曲水 | Qǔ shuǐ | see 曲水縣|曲水县[Qu3 shui3 Xian4] |
| 文曲星 | Wén qǔ xīng | constellation governing scholarship and examinations; (fig.) renowned literary genius; bra… |
| 小曲 | xiǎo qǔ | popular song; folk tune; ballad |
| 元曲四大家 | Yuán qǔ Sì Dà jiā | Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿[Guan1 Han4 qing1], Zheng Guangzu … |
| 金曲 | jīn qǔ | hit song |
| 作曲者 | zuò qǔ zhě | composer; song writer |
| 曲面 | qū miàn | curved surface; surface |
| 时代曲 | shí dài qǔ | shidaiqu, a musical genre that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s, a fusion of Chinese fo… |
| 曲风 | qǔ fēng | music style; music genre |
| 神曲 | Shén qǔ | The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri 但丁 |