1. 曲
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曲

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  1. 曲 is the 1064th most frequent character.
  2. 曲 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 曲 appears as a character in 82 words.
  4. 曲 appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
曲 => 井, 凵
Radical :
曲 => No glyph available, 二 (two), 凵 (container)
Graphical :
曲 => 丨, 二, 凵

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Qu1 - surname Qu
  2. qu1 - bent/crooked/wrong
  3. qu3 - tune/song/CL:支[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 曲 (qu1): The component 凵 is pronounced as 'qu1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 曲 (qu3): The component 凵 is pronounced as 'qu1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

单曲 (單曲)
曲 
歌曲 

Medium Frequency

交响曲 (交響曲)
作曲 
作曲家 
催眠曲 
协奏曲 (協奏曲)
名曲 
夜曲 
奏鸣曲 (奏鳴曲)
委曲 
序曲 
弯曲 (彎曲)
戏曲 (戲曲)
扭曲 
卷曲 (捲曲)
插曲 
曲奇 
曲子 
曲折 
曲目 
曲线 (曲線)
曲艺 (曲藝)
曲解 
曲调 (曲調)
乐曲 (樂曲)
神曲 
编曲 (編曲)
舞曲 
进行曲 (進行曲)

Appears In:

曲 also appears in:
典蛐農麯豊

折

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Meta:

  1. 折 is the 1129th most frequent character.
  2. 折 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 折 appears as a character in 57 words.
  4. 折 appears as a component in 7 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
折 => 扌, 斤
Radical :
折 => 扌 (hand), 斤 (axe)
Graphical :
折 => 亅, 二, 丿, ㇒, 一, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. she2 - to break (e.g. stick or bone)/a loss
  2. zhe1 - to turn sth over/to turn upside-down/to tip sth out (of a container)
  3. zhe2 - to break/to fracture/to snap/to suffer loss/to bend/to twist/to turn/to change direction/convinced/to convert into (currency)/discount/rebate/tenth (in price)/classifier for theatrical scenes/to fold/accounts book
  4. zhe2 - variant of 折[zhe2]/to fold

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 折 (she2): The component 扌 is pronounced as 'shou3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

折 
折磨 
折腾 (折騰)
挫折 

Medium Frequency

夭折 
存折 
打折 
折射 
折扣 
折断 (折斷)
折服 
折叠 (折疊)
折纸 (摺紙)
曲折 
波折 
转折 (轉折)
转折点 (轉折點)
骨折 

Appears In:

折 also appears in:
哲誓逝浙蜇踅哳
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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