| 166 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 90 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 84 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 478 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2422 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 256 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 201 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2170 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 392 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 395 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 200 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1125 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2296 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1187 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1621 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 480 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16167 | Morohashi |
| 1825 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2945 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 469 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 508 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 486 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 230 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
519 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 歌劇 【カゲキ】 opera
- 歌曲 【カキョク】 melody, tune, song
- 演歌 【エンカ】 enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad, troubadour
- 和歌 【ワカ】 waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
Kun reading compounds
- 歌 【うた】 song, singing, classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka), modern poetry
- 歌合 【うたあわせ】 poetry contest
- 短歌 【たんか】 tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
- 替え歌 【かえうた】 parody (of a song), new lyrics to an old melody, song parody
- 歌う 【うたう】 to sing, to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem, to express in the form of a poem, to recite (a poem)
- 歌うたい 【うたうたい】 singer, vocalist, nagauta singer (in kabuki), singer of noh chants
Readings
- Korean:
- ga
Spanish
- canción
- cantar
Portuguese
- canção
- cantar
French
- chanson
- chanter
| 3162 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4j10.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-10-4 | SKIP code |
| 1768.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b4c | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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 |