Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
say
Parts:
bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
810 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 曲 【キョク】 composition, piece of music, song, track (on a record), tune, melody, air, enjoyment, fun, interest, pleasure
  • 曲折 【キョクセツ】 bending, winding, meandering, zigzagging, ups and downs, twists and turns, complications, difficulties, vicissitudes
  • 歌謡曲 【カヨウキョク】 kayōkyoku, form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era, (Western) pop song
  • 名曲 【メイキョク】 famous piece of music, excellent song, (musical) masterpiece

Kun reading compounds

  • 曲がる 【まがる】 to bend, to curve, to warp, to wind, to twist, to turn, to be awry, to be askew, to be crooked
  • 曲げる 【まげる】 to bend, to crook, to bow, to curve, to curl, to lean, to tilt, to incline, to slant, to bend (the truth), to distort, to twist, to pervert, to yield (a point), to depart (from a principle), to ignore (what one really thinks), to pawn
  • 隈 【くま】 corner, nook, recess, shade, shadow, dark area, dark circles (under the eyes), dark rings, bend (in a road, river, etc.), shading, gradation, kumadori, style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles

Readings

Japanese names:
まがた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qu3, qu1
Korean:
gog

Spanish

  • melodía
  • curva
  • encorvado
  • torcer
  • doblar
  • torcerse
  • girarse

Portuguese

  • tender
  • música
  • melodia
  • composição
  • prazer
  • injustiça
  • falta
  • curva
  • tortuoso
  • perverso
  • inclinar

French

  • courber
  • musique
  • mélodie
  • composition
  • plaisir
  • injustice
  • faute
  • malhonnête
  • pervers
  • pencher
381 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
279 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
261 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
604 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
103 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
715 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
609 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
327 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
366 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
367 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
625 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
996 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4340 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2197 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2956 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1180 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14280 Morohashi
3527 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2418 New Nelson (John Haig)
1172 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1256 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
264 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1976 2001 Kanji
0a6.27 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-2 SKIP code
5560.0 Four corner code
1-22-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66f2 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
protect, shield, defend, eaves, canopy, penthouse, visor
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 庇 【ヒサシ】 awning (over a window, doorway, etc.), eaves (of a roof), narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building, visor (of a cap), brim, peak, classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
  • 庇護 【ヒゴ】 patronage, protection
  • 曲庇 【キョクヒ】 harboring (a criminal), harbouring

Kun reading compounds

  • 庇 【ひさし】 awning (over a window, doorway, etc.), eaves (of a roof), narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building, visor (of a cap), brim, peak, classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
  • 庇髪 【ひさしがみ】 classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
  • 庇う 【かばう】 to protect (someone), to look after (e.g. an injured leg), to defend, to cover for, to stand up for, to stick up for

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi4
Korean:
bi

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1501 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3802 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2638 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
9239 Morohashi
1606 New Nelson (John Haig)
2236 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2343 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3q4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
0021.1 Four corner code
1-40-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e87 Unicode hex code