# 曲 — Music

Frequency rank 639 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 律 (Law), less common than 軽 (Lightweight).

- On’yomi: きょく
- Kun’yomi: ま
- Radical: 曰 Say (Kangxi 73)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

The character 曲 (music) looks like a turntable or sound box — rectangular frames nested within each other, suggesting a bending, curving musical staff where notes dance.

In words:

- 曲る まがる — to turn,to bend
- 曲 きょく — tune;piece of music
- 曲げる まげる — to bend,to crook,to lean

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