Memory phrase for the character: 曲

曲

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Meaning

bending, bent, crooked, wrong, melody, tune

Pronunciation

 qū, qǔ

Explanation

 Shows a field 田 with two growing plants II.

Mnemonic
 
The plants in the field are bending according to a melody. (Or: Two flutes 笛 play a melody.)

Radicals

曰 say, speakThis radical is very similar to the sun 日. But it is to be understood as a mouth 口 with a tongue 一 , which stands for “to speak”.
由 reason, causeFirst, the root shoot 丨 bursts its shell 田 (cf. armor, shield 甲). And this gives the sprout丨 on the field 田 its reason 由.
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 Vocabulary

曲调 qǔ diào  tune; melody
椭圆曲线 tuǒ yuán qū xiàn  (math.) elliptic curve
椭圆曲线 tuǒ yuán qū xiàn  
曲折 qū zhé  complicated; winding
曲轴 qū zhóu  crankshaft
歪曲 wāi qū  to distort; to misrepresent
弯曲 wān qū  to bend; to curve around; curved; crooked; to wind; to warp
歌曲 gē qǔ  song
乐曲 yuè qǔ  musical composition
曲线 qū xiàn  curve; curved line; indirect; in a roundabout way
曲线 qū xiàn  
曲线 qū xiàn  

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