Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
play music, speak to a ruler, complete
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1067 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 奏 【ソウ】 report to the emperor
  • 奏功 【ソウコウ】 success, achievement, fruition
  • 合奏 【ガッソウ】 ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.), concert
  • 四重奏 【シジュウソウ】 instrumental quartet

Kun reading compounds

  • 奏でる 【かなでる】 to play an instrument (esp. string instruments), to dance

Readings

Japanese names:
すすむ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zou4
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • dirigirse al emperador
  • tocar un instrumento
  • completar

Portuguese

  • tocar música
  • audiência
  • completar

French

  • jouer de la musique
  • concert
  • parler à l'Empereur
  • mener à bien
930 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
918 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
845 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1178 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1643 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1178 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
951 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1544 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1646 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1679 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
418 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3185 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1645 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2233 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1585 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5915 Morohashi
2577 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1156 New Nelson (John Haig)
1571 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1693 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
890 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
0a9.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
4-9-4 SKIP code
5043.0 Four corner code
1-33-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
594f Unicode hex code

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