TSUMUGU · B1 · 字
曲
ㄑㄩ · qū
adj/noun — bent, crooked; a tune, a song
字源 FORM — what the parts do
曲形rendered bare — a picture of a bent thing
The graph draws a bent shape whole — a frame of woven strips, or a curved vessel that holds what is poured in, the lines turning back on themselves. From the bend: anything crooked, 曲折、彎曲; and read qǔ, the bends of a melody, a 歌曲. It sits in 農 above the field.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一片竹條編彎了，框出一個盛東西的彎器——曲。
Strips of bamboo woven into a bend, framing a curved vessel — 曲.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)彎曲、曲折— bent, crooked; winding常用
→曲線— a curve
⇒歌曲、作曲— a tune, a song (read qǔ)常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension