曲 qǔ
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
曲线
qūxiàn
curve; curved line; indirect approach
Characters in this word
线 xiàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 戋 small, narrow
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 图表上的曲线突然上升，说明需求在政策公布后迅速释放。 Túbiǎo shàng de qūxiàn tūrán shàngshēng, shuōmíng xūqiú zài zhèngcè gōngbù hòu xùnsù shìfàng. The curve on the chart rose suddenly, showing that demand was quickly released after the policy was announced.
- 这座桥的设计充满优美的曲线。 Zhè zuò qiáo de shèjì chōngmǎn yōuměi de qūxiàn. The design of this bridge is full of graceful curves.
- 护士把病人体温的变化画成一条曲线。 Hùshi bǎ bìngrén tǐwēn de biànhuà huàchéng yì tiáo qūxiàn. The nurse drew the patient's temperature changes as a curve.
Related words
- 歌曲 gēqǔ song
- 曲 qǔ song, tune
- 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
- 路线 lùxiàn route