曲 qǔ
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
曲
qǔ
song, tune
Character
Example phrases
- 乐队在结尾演奏了一曲节奏明快的民歌。 Yuèduì zài jiéwěi yǎnzòu le yì qǔ jiézòu míngkuài de míngē. At the end, the band performed a folk song with a bright rhythm.
- 这首曲子很好听，我想学会弹。 Zhè shǒu qǔzi hěn hǎotīng, wǒ xiǎng xuéhuì tán. This tune sounds lovely and I want to learn to play it.
- 琴声停了，大家还在回味那支曲子。 Qínshēng tíng le, dàjiā hái zài huíwèi nà zhī qǔzi. The music had stopped, but everyone was still savoring that tune.
Related words
- 歌曲 gēqǔ song
- 弯曲 wānqū curved
- 戏曲 xìqǔ traditional opera
- 乐曲 yuèqǔ musical composition
- 插曲 chāqǔ episode; interlude; minor incident
- 扭曲 niǔqū to distort; to twist
- 曲线 qūxiàn curve; curved line; indirect approach
- 曲折 qūzhé winding; complicated; tortuous
- 曲艺 qǔyì folk art forms; quyi
- 歪曲 wāiqū to distort; to twist
- 主题曲 zhǔtíqǔ theme song
- 节奏 jiézòu rhythm