曲 = ｜ + 田

曲 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bend”. It is built from ｜ (pipe) and 田 (rice field). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1256. It appears as a component in 4 other characters in this index.

Keyword: bend
RTK frame: 1256
Strokes: 6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): キョク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): ま.がる, ま.げる, くま
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: изгиб, music
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi: 曲 crooked

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 曲

How to find 曲 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “pipe” + “rice field”. 曲 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 曲 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.