Kanji

曲

bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean

Kanji

Grade

Grade 3

Strokes

6 strokes

Radical

曰部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キョク

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

まがる, まげる, くま

Nanori (Name Reading)

くま, のり

Common Readings

キョク, ま…がる, ま…げる

Example sentences

きょく
彼女 ピアノ 美しい 弾いた

She played a beautiful piece on the piano.

さく
この ベートーヴェン

This piece is a work of Beethoven.

曲がる まがる
信号 曲がる 大きな 図書館 見えます

If you turn right at the next traffic light, you will see a large library.

みぎ
交差点 曲がる 見えてきます

If you turn right at the intersection, you will see the station.

曲げる まげる
自分 信念 曲げる こと なかった

He never yielded his beliefs.

妥協 だきょう
自分 信念 曲げて まで 相手 妥協 した

He compromised with the other party even to the point of bending his own beliefs.

曲線 きょくせん
緩やかな 曲線 描いて 流れている

The river flows in a gentle curve.

積分 せきぶん
この 曲線 面積 積分 求める

Calculate the area under this curve by integration.

曲がり角 まがりかど
その 曲がり角 曲がってください

Please turn left at that corner.

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