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曲

qū, qǔ

bent, crooked

Pictograph of a bent object.

Evolution

曲 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
曲 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
曲 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
曲 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
曲 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

曲  

qū

crooked, bent; wrong, false; bent; crooked; wrong

曲  

Qū

surname Qu

曲  

qǔ

tune; song; CL:支[zhī]

曲 (麯) 

qū

yeast, leaven; variant of 麴|曲[qū]

曲 (麴) 

qū

yeast; Aspergillus (includes many common molds); Taiwan pr. [qú]

Most common words with 曲
Freq.
Word
Meaning

歌曲

song

曲

bent

曲线

curve

扭曲

to twist

曲子

tune

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

麯 蛐

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kʰ(r)ok

khjowk

qū

to bend


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 31.0588% of movies

974th most common character in movies

1066th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Simplified

曲

Traditional

曲麯

Unicode

U+66F2

Shuowen

“曲，象器曲受物之形。或說，曲，蠶薄也。曲說文古文，古文曲。”


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