曲

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The single kanji 曲, read きょく, denotes a song or musical piece.
• Basic usage: Here 曲 is the noun きょく, a song or musical piece.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Musical piece versus bending verbs
  • It differs in reading and part of speech from 曲がる, to bend, and 曲げる, to bend something.