曲

曲 U+66F2, 曲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66F2 ← 曱 [U+66F1] CJK Unified Ideographs 曳 → [U+66F3]

Stroke order

曲 (Kangxi radical 73, 曰+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 廿田 (TW) or 廿月金 (TBC) or 難廿田 (XTW), four-corner 5560₀, composition ⿻曰⿰丨丨)

• 豊, 農, 𪨰, 麯, 𨀪, 𨀲, 㖆, 浀, 粬, 蛐, 𪜔

• 典, 曹

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 502, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14280
• Dae Jaweon: page 873, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1484, character 2
• Unihan data for U+66F2

simp. and trad.		曲
alternative forms		𠚖 𡆪 ⿱ 丷 𡆪

Ideogram (指事) – a bent object.

Also simplified from 麴 via the variant character 麯／曲.

used in names of rivers

From Tibetan ཆུ (chu, “river”).

to bend, bent, curved, crooked, wrong

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(k/ʔ)uk (“bend, crooked, return, back, year”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan འགུགས ('gugs, “to bend”), Burmese ကောက် (kauk, “bent, curved, crooked”) (Hill, 2019). Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *gɔk (“be crooked, bent, lame”) (Schuessler, 2007).

mocking; ridiculing

From 曲線／曲线 (qūxiàn).

曲

1. not straight; bent
   1. twisting
   2. curved

      曲線／曲线  ―  qūxiàn  ―  curve

   3. crooked
2. wrong; not right
3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly Internet slang) mocking; ridiculing; /s
4. a surname
5. Used in names of rivers in Tibet and surrounding regions.

曲

1. song

   歌曲  ―  gēqǔ  ―  song

   曲調／曲调  ―  qǔdiào  ―  melody

2. Qu (poetry)

• (song):

• (Qu): 詞餘／词余 (cíyú)

For pronunciation and definitions of 曲 – see 麴 (“yeast; leaven; wine; alcoholic beverage; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 麴).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

• “曲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. song, melody, composition
2. bent, curve
3. to turn, to twist
4. crooked

• Go-on: こく (koku)
• Kan-on: きょく (kyoku, Jōyō)
• Kun: まがる (magaru, 曲がる, Jōyō)、まげる (mageru, 曲げる, Jōyō)、くま (kuma, 曲)、くせ (kuse, 曲)

Kanji in this term
曲
きょく Grade: 3
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 曲 (MC khjowk).

• (Tokyo) きょく [kyòkú] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) きょく [kyóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞kɯ̟]

曲(きょく) • (kyoku) 

1. a piece of music

曲 (eumhun 굽을 곡 (gubeul gok))

1. hanja form^? of 곡 (“bent; twisted; curved”)
2. hanja form^? of 곡 (“a piece of music; tune”)

曲: Hán Việt readings: khúc (丘(khâu)六(lục)切(thiết))^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
曲: Nôm readings: khúc^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

1. chữ Hán form of khúc (“bent; curved”).
2. chữ Hán form of khúc (“piece; section; chunk; tune; song”).