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曲: bent | tune

By July 23, 2014January 16th, 2017Language-Learning, Music
 

曲 qū


: crooked; bent; twisted
: wrong; false

曲 qǔ

measure word
: tune; song

Kun Reading

曲 | くせ kuse

noun
: (Usually written using kana alone) long segment of a noh play forming its musical highlight; (Noun prefix) wrong; improper; indecent

曲 | くま kuma

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: corner; nook; recess
: a shadow; a shade

曲 | まが maga

noun
: wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster

曲る | まがる magaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist
: to turn
: to be awry; to be askew; to be crooked

曲げ | まがり magari

noun
: curvature; warp; bend

曲がった | まがった magatta

noun
: bent; curved; warped; winded; twisted
: awry; askew; crooked

曲げ | まげ mage

noun
: flexure; bending

曲げ | まげる mageru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to bend; to crook; to lean; to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle)

On Reading

曲 | きょく kyoku

noun | noun suffix
: tune; piece of music

 Usage:

曲折 qu1zhe2: winding; complicated
[きょくせつ kyokusetsu: windings; meanderings; complications]
曲線[线] qu1xian4: curve; curved line; indirect; in a roundabout way
[曲線 | きょくせん kyokusen: curve]
曲尺 qu1chi3: set square (tool to measure right angles)
[かねじゃく kanejaku OR きょくしゃく kyokushaku: carpenter’s square]
歪曲 wai1qu1: to distort; to misrepresent
[わいきょく waikyoku: distortion; perversion; falsification]
扭曲 niu3qu1: to twist; to warp; to distort
委曲 wei3qu1: sinuous; devious; full details of a story; to stoop
[いきょく ikyoku: details; circumstances]
屈曲 qu1qu1: crooked
[くっきょく kukkyoku: crookedness; bending; indentation]
彎[弯]曲 wan1qu1: to bend; to curve around; curved; crooked; to wind; to warp
[彎曲 | わんきょく wankyoku: curve; bend; crook]

曲 qu3: song; tune

曲子 qu3zi: poem for singing; tune; music
曲奇 qu3qi2: cookie (loanword)
名曲 ming2 qu3: famous song; well-known piece of music
[めいきょく meikyoku: famous music]
歌曲 ge1qu3: song
[かきょく kakyoku: melody; tune; song]
作曲 zuo4qu3: to compose (music)
[さっきょく sakkyoku: composition; setting (of music)]

作曲家 zuo4 qu3 jia1: composer; songwriter
[さっきょくか sakkyokuka: composer]

编曲 bian1qu3: to compose (music) / arrangement
[編曲 | へんきょく henkyoku: arrangement; to arrange; to orchestrate]
樂[乐]曲 yue4qu3: musical composition
[楽曲 | がっきょく gakkyoku: musical composition; tune]
譜[谱]曲 pu3qu3: to compose a piece of music
戲[戏]曲 xi4qu3: Chinese opera
插曲 cha1qu3: music played during a movie, play etc; incidental music; music played in a theatrical interlude; (fig.) incident; episode



Japanese common word / expression
曲悪 | きょくあく kyokuaku: wickedness

曲の無い | きょくのない kyokunonai: uninteresting; dull

曲名 | きょくめい kyokumei: song title

委曲を尽くす | いきょくをつくす ikyoku o tsukusu
: to explain or describe a situation or matter in greatest details

口が曲がる | くちがまがる kuchi ga magaru
:to incur the wrath of god (e.g. by speaking ill of somebody behind their back); to get into trouble
: to warp one’s mouth



Chinese idiom
曲意俯就 qu1 yi4 fu3 jiu4
: to be persuaded to debase oneself

是非曲直 shi4 fei1 qu1 zhi2
:lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight; fig. merits and demerits; pros and cons
[ぜひきょくちょく zehikyokuchoku: rights and wrongs (of a case); relative merits (of a case)]

 Etymology:
象形 Pictographic.
Originally, the picture of an L-shaped bent object. [the character was once a picture of an earthworm and had the meanings “earthworm; to twist”]



簡體 Simplified
曲, 麯. Created as unique simplification #207 (麯 » 曲) via omission of part of the traditional character.



Semantic: 麴 qu1 [kun: こうじ kouji: mold on rice] Traditional: 麯 qu1
Historical variant: 麹 qu1 [kun: こうじ kouji: mold on rice]

 Music:
迷魂曲 Enchanting Melody – Jay Chou 周杰倫

作词:方文山
作曲:周杰伦

我用琴键移动 决定你一生的内容
黑帽戴上 穿着横条毛衣再配上手套
接着走在一片雾里 我不是那佛莱迪
所以别怕 我偷偷摸摸走进你梦里
我用音乐这武器 进入你梦里 指导你演戏

传来一声唉呦 睡了太久 睡了太熟
小心秘密 被我偷走 心事泄漏 全被我看透
不过请别 担心 我不是李奥纳多
不会一层又一层的把梦 偷偷盗走

我弹琴 设陷阱 向你 缓缓的逼近
你 的伤心 由 我决定
我弹琴 谈感情 让你 慢慢的上瘾
你 的爱情 已 经注定
我弹琴 设陷阱 向你 缓缓的逼近
你 的伤心 由 我决定
我弹琴 谈感情 让你 慢慢的上瘾
你 的爱情 已 经注定

这场赌局 请相信我你很难赢
场景 就像一场豪华的梦境
歌声魅影 你深深的被吸引
闭上眼睛 脑海风景 已经开始飞行

意志再再坚定 再多冷静 再多任性
你也无法 去抵抗 我所弹的 热情
跟着节奏 温柔 跟着我 让旋律自由
一遍又一遍的诱惑 爱上我 是种 生活
我用琴键移动 决定你一生的内容

我弹琴 设陷阱 向你 缓缓的逼近
你 的伤心 由 我决定
我弹琴 谈感情 让你 慢慢的上瘾
你 的爱情 已 经注定
我弹琴 设陷阱 向你 缓缓的逼近
你 的伤心 由 我决定
我弹琴 谈感情 让你 慢慢的上瘾
你 的爱情 已 经注定
我用琴键移动(你 的伤心 由 我决定)
决定你一生的内容(你 的爱情 已 经注定)
我用琴键移动(你 的伤心 由 我决定)
决定你一生的内容(你 的爱情 已 经注定)

credit: Wanting 曲婉婷

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary