Japanese Kanji
曲kyoku
bend · music · melody
Grade 3 · JLPT N2 · 6 strokes
Bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean.
曲 is part of the elementary school jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N2 (upper intermediate) level. With 6 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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