Definitions
(adjective)
bent; crooked
(noun)
tune; song; melody
(noun)
yeast; mold
Etymology
Pictograph of a bent object.
About
曲 has two main readings: qū, meaning 'bent' or 'crooked', and qǔ, meaning a musical tune or melody. It originated as a pictograph of a bent object, such as a carpenter's square or a woven reed basket, which gave it the sense of something not straight. Its form is a rectangular frame with intersecting horizontal and vertical lines. The idea of physical curvature was later applied metaphorically to the contours of a melody, giving rise to the musical sense.
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他唱了一首歌曲。
山路弯曲难行。
这张图有一条曲线。
爷爷喜欢看戏曲。
这首曲调很优美。
不要扭曲事实真相。
你曲解了我的意思。
通过曲折的小径，我们找到了花园。
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