Memory phrase for the Kanji: 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, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
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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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