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曲

Level V of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 639 / 2,608

Music

On’yomi
きょく
Kun’yomi
ま
Radical
曰 Say (Kangxi 73)

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

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

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 bendN5
曲 きょく tune;piece of musicN1
曲げる まげる to bend,to crook,to leanN2

曲 is rank 639 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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