曲
bend · music · melody · composition · pleasure · injustice · fault · curve · crooked · perverse · lean
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Stroke Order
Cultural Context
Etymology
Pictograph of curved shape.
Symbolism
Curve, music, distortion. Represents bending.
Related Culture & Scenes
- — Sitting and waiting
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
曲学阿世
きょくがくあせい
prostitution of learning; twisting the truth and truckling to the times; prostitution of learning
同工異曲
どうこういきょく
equal workmanship but different style; equal workmanship but different style
理非曲直
りひきょくちょく
the rights and wrongs (of a case); the rights and wrongs (of a case)
紆余曲折
うよきょくせつ
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; turns and twists
是非曲直
ぜひきょくちょく
rights and wrongs (of a case); relative merits (of a case); rights and wrongs (of a case)
波乱曲折
はらんきょくせつ
very involved and troublesome situation; complicated twists and turns; very involved and troublesome situation
婉曲迂遠
えんきょくうえん
being euphemistic and circumlocutory; being euphemistic and circumlocutory
歌舞音曲
かぶおんぎょく
singing, dancing and music; (public) entertainment; performing arts; singing, dancing and music
正邪曲直
せいじゃきょくちょく
right and wrong; right or wrong; right and wrong
長汀曲浦
ちょうていきょくほ
long stretch of winding beach; long stretch of winding beach
異曲同工
いきょくどうこう
different in appearance but essentially the same in content; equal in skills or workmanship but different in style or artistic flavor; the same for all practical purposes; different in appearance but essentially the same in content
舞文曲筆
ぶぶんきょくひつ
twisting of the truth in one's writing; playing with text to distort the truth; twisting of the truth in one's writing
曲がり角
まがりかど
Turning point; A crucial moment of change