| 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) |
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
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
- 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
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
1256 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 雲散霧消 【ウンサンムショウ】 vanishing like mist
- 雲海 【ウンカイ】 sea of clouds
- 青雲 【セイウン】 blue sky, erudition, detachment from the world, high rank
- 星雲 【セイウン】 nebula, galaxy
Kun reading compounds
- 雲 【くも】 cloud
- 雲行き 【くもゆき】 weather, look of the sky, situation, turn of affairs, signs, way the wind is blowing
- 白雲 【しらくも】 white clouds
- 八重雲 【やえぐも】 layers of clouds
Readings
- Japanese names:
- き、 ずも、 のめ
- Korean:
- un
Spanish
- nube
Portuguese
- nuvem
French
- nuage
| 47 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 83 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 78 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1124 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5046 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 478 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 997 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2027 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 636 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 646 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 844 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1860 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3447 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1774 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2415 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 430 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 42235 | Morohashi |
| 2773 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6522 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 423 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 452 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 213 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3171 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8d4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 1073.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 96f2 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1603 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 霞 【カスミ】 haze (esp. in spring), mist, dimness (of sight)
- 霞む 【カスム】 to become misty, to become hazy, to get blurry, to grow dim, to be overshadowed, to be upstaged, to be outshone
- 紅霞 【コウカ】 crimson mist, crimson-tinted clouds (e.g. at sunset)
- 朝霞 【アサガスミ】 morning glow, morning mist (haze)
Kun reading compounds
- 霞 【かすみ】 haze (esp. in spring), mist, dimness (of sight)
- かすみ網 【かすみあみ】 mist net (fine mesh for capturing small birds)
- 雲霞 【うんか】 clouds and haze, swarm (of people), throng, drove, (flee) like the wind, (run) out of sight
- 霞む 【かすむ】 to become misty, to become hazy, to get blurry, to grow dim, to be overshadowed, to be upstaged, to be outshone
Readings
- Korean:
- ha
Spanish
- neblina
- bruma
- estar brumoso
- estar nebuloso
Portuguese
French
| 1530 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5063 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2693 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2261 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 3490 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1800 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2450 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 42365 | Morohashi |
| 2814 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6541 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2779 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2800 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3167 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8d9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-8-9 | SKIP code |
| 1074.7 | Four corner code |
| 1024.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 971e | Unicode hex code |