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曲

qū/qǔ

bent; crooked

Traditional 麴
Variant forms 麯
HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9 nounmeasure wordverb Explore in 3D3D

Ancient forms

3 forms
  1. Oracle boneShang
  2. BronzeWestern Zhou
  3. Small sealQin–Han

Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Meaning

qū as in 弯曲 qu1
曲
  1. bent
  2. crooked
  3. wrong
  4. surname Qu
麴
  1. yeast
  2. Aspergillus (includes many common molds)
  3. Taiwan pr. [qú]
qǔ as in 歌曲 qu3
  1. tune
  2. song
Measure word: 支

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