U+66F2 "曲" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

曲

U+66F2 "曲" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) writing with a primary meaning of "bend," "curve," or "twist," and it also carries the secondary meaning of "song" or "melody" in East Asian languages, reflecting its semantic duality. In Chinese, it appears in words like "弯曲" (wānqū) meaning crooked, and "歌曲" (gēqǔ) meaning musical piece, while in Japanese it is commonly used in terms such as "曲がる" (magaru, to turn) and "名曲" (meikyoku, famous music). The character's visual form resembles a distorted, winding shape, hinting at its core concept of curvature, and it dates back to ancient oracle bone script where it depicted a bent line or an enclosed, meandering space. Despite its simplicity, "曲" is a versatile and frequently used component across many compound words, and it holds cultural resonance in poetic and musical contexts, where it evokes the idea of rhythmic flow or emotional subtlety.

General Properties

Code Point	U+66F2
Version Added	1.1
Name	CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block	CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	曲
HTML Hex Encoding	曲
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0x9B 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding	0x66F2
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000066F2
C/C++/Java Escape	\u66f2

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive	A6B1
kCCCII	214351
kCNS1986	1-4832
kCNS1992	1-4832
kCangjie	TW
kCantonese	kuk1
kCihaiT	648.401
kCowles	1224 2029
kDaeJaweon	0873.040
kDefinition	crooked, bent; wrong, false
kEACC	214351
kFanqie	丘玉
kFenn	819E
kFennIndex	115.06 116.10
kFourCornerCode	5560.0
kGB0	3990
kGB1	3990
kGradeLevel	2
kGSR	1213a
kHangul	곡:0E
kHanYu	21484.020
kHanyuPinlu	qū(118) qǔ(46)
kHanyuPinyin	21484.020:qū,qǔ
kHKGlyph	1816
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0873.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21484.020
kIRGKangXi	0502.020
kIRG_GSource	G0-477A
kIRG_HSource	HB1-A6B1
kIRG_JSource	J0-364A
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-D0A5
kIRG_KSource	K0-4D58
kIRG_TSource	T1-4832
kIRG_VSource	V1-5874
kJapanese	キョクコククまがるまげるくまつぶさにくせ
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kTGH	2013:424
kJapaneseKun	MAGARU MAGERU KUMA
kJapaneseOn	KYOKU
kJis0	2242
kKangXi	0502.020
kKarlgren	492
kKorean	KOK
kLau	1724
kMainlandTelegraph	2575
kMandarin	qū
kMatthews	1623
kMeyerWempe	821a 1330
kMojiJoho	MJ013480
kMorohashi	14280
kNelson	0103
kPhonetic	683
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+1730+73.4.2
kRSUnicode	73.2
kSBGY	463.07
kSimplifiedVariant	"曲" U+66F2 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	297.10
kSMSZD2003Readings	qū粵kuk1 qǔ粵kuk1
kTaiwanTelegraph	2575
kTang	*kiok
kTGHZ2013	307.010,307.020:qū 308.170:qǔ
kTotalStrokes	6
kTraditionalVariant	"曲" U+66F2 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "麯" U+9EAF CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	khúc
kXerox	246:145
kXHC1983	0942.080:qū 0946.010:qǔ