The Japanese Radical: 曲


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to bend    曲

Explanation The two shoots || protruding high in the rice field bend in the wind.

Used in these characters:
JLPT 3Joyo 3
melody, bend, turn
magaru, KYOKU
A field 田 with two growing plants II
(In the wind) The plants in the field are bending. (Or: Two flutes 笛 play a melody.)  
JLPT 3Joyo 3
farming

Top: bend/melody 曲 (but here: field 田 with two sprouts | | =fructuous), bottom: dragon 辰 (but here: to plow = At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农 [Chinese only: 农=nóng= farmer])
Fructuous fields that were plowed, are found in: farming.  
JLPT 2Joyo 5
abundant, rich, wealthy, bountiful, voluptuous
yutaka,
Top: to bend 曲 (Two sprouts II protruding in the field 田 are bending [in the wind]), bottom: bean 豆
(Since all beans are bent, it's safe to say:) Bent beans are abundant.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
official, government service, companion, fellow
SŌ, ZŌ
From top: one 一 (here: ground), bend 曲 (here: two sprouting plants || in a field 田), sun 日
Such that the ground is broken up by 2 sprouts, the sun is needed: and a caring companion who serves like the 'government'.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
encounter, meet, associate, join
au,
Left: movement 辶, right: companion 曹 (Such that ground 一 is broken up by 2 sprouts 曲 in the field 田, the sun 日 is needed: and a caring companion.)
Companions need to move, if they want to encounter.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
tub, vat, container, tank

Left: tree 木, right: companion 曹 (Such that the ground 一 is broken up by 2 sprouts 曲 in the field 田, the sun 日 is needed: and a caring companion.)
It is wooden and for your companion: It's a tub or vat.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
concentrated, rich (flavor, color, smell,), thick, dense
koi,
Left: water 水, right: agriculture 農 (fructuous fields 曲 [=field 田 with sprouts ||] and: to plow 辰 (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农 [农=Chinese for farmer])
Water in agriculture makes everything grow more concentrated and thicker.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
charm, glossy, luster, polish, colorful
tsuya, EN
Left: abundant 豊 (Bent 曲 beans 豆 are abundant.) [bend/melody 曲 = Sprouts II protruding from the field 田 are bending (in the wind)], right: colour 色
With an abundance of color it is glossy and charming.  

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