| 50 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 33 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 6 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 402 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5110 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 206 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 274 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 962 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 347 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 347 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 620 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1879 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2570 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1312 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1783 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 490 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 43265 | Morohashi |
| 2070 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6607 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 479 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 518 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 78 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
491 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 音 【オン】 sound, noise, (speech) sound, Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
- 音楽 【オンガク】 music
- 爆音 【バクオン】 (sound of an) explosion or detonation, roar (of a machine)
- 防音 【ボウオン】 soundproofing
- 音信 【オンシン】 correspondence, news, letter, tidings
- 鸚哥 【インコ】 true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)
- 玉音 【ギョクオン】 the Emperor's voice, beautiful voice, beautiful sound
- 唐音 【トウオン】 tō-on, Tang reading, on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese
Kun reading compounds
- 音 【おと】 sound, noise, (musical) note, fame
- 音孔 【おとあな】 tone hole
- 鈍い音 【にぶいおと】 dull sound, muffled sound
- 風音 【かざおと】 sound of the wind
- 音 【ね】 sound, tone, note, ring, chirp
- 音色 【ねいろ】 tone color, tone colour, tone quality, timbre
- 弱音 【よわね】 feeble complaint, whine
- 高音 【こうおん】 high-pitched tone, soprano
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 と
- Korean:
- eum
Spanish
- sonido
- ruido
Portuguese
- som
- barulho
French
- son
- bruit
| 478 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5b4.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 0060.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 97f3 | 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 |