曲
qǔqūQū HSK5

bent, crooked

曲 qǔ frequency
tune measure word
a musical melody or the score of a composition

这一支曲的旋律悠扬，听起来非常舒服。

zhè yī zhī qǔ de xuán​lǜ yōu​yáng, tīng qi​lai fēi​cháng shū​fu.

The melody of this tune is melodious and very pleasant to listen to.

song noun
a vocal musical work or a form of classical Chinese poetic verse (Qu)

元曲是元代最具代表性的文学形式。

Yuán qǔ shì Yuán​dài zuì jù dài​biǎo​xìng de wén​xué xíng​shì.

Yuan Qu is the most representative literary form of the Yuan Dynasty.

曲 qū
bent adjective
curved or not straight in physical shape

他手里紧紧握着一根曲的铁丝。

tā shǒu lǐ jǐn​jǐn wò zhe yī gēn qū de tiě​sī.

He held a bent piece of iron wire tightly in his hand.

wrong adjective
unjust, dishonest, or morally incorrect

我们应该分清是非曲直。

wǒ​men yīng​gāi fēn​qīng shì​fēi qū​zhí.

We should distinguish right from wrong.

曲 Qū
Qu proper name
surname Qu

曲老师教数学。

Qū lǎo​shī jiāo shù​xué.

Mr. Qu teaches mathematics.

曲 (麴) qū
fermentation starter noun
Leaven consisting of molds, yeasts, or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing.

酿酒之前，必须先准备好酒曲。

niàng​jiǔ zhī​qián, bì​xū xiān zhǔn​bèi hǎo jiǔ qū.

Before brewing, the fermentation starter must be prepared.

Cross-References

Classifier

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,066th most common 141.6 per million
Movie subtitles
974th most common 109.3 per million appears in 31% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
28.3 per million appears in 8% of films
Written text
49.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Traditional
麯
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+66F2

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)