surname Qu
bent / crooked / wrong
tune / song / CL:支[zhi1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a harp. Cupid (qu) is playing a harp (曲) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He's sitting on a big enclosure (囗), playing the harp (曲) and wielding a double axe (卄) at the same time.
variant of 麴|曲[qu1]
yeast / Aspergillus (includes many common molds) / Taiwan pr. [qu2]

曲 character breakdown

twenty, twentieth

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a double axe. Here's why: 20 -> XX -> "double-x" -> "double axe". Nefertiti (ni) is rebuilding her kingdom in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She's shaping twenty (卄) dinosaur bones (丨) with a double axe (卄) and stacking them on top of one (一) flute (一).
enclosure

Mnemonic symbol: a plastic enclosure. Willy Walrus (w) is keeping frozen fish in an enclosure (囗) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).

Characters with 曲 as component

peasant / to farm / agriculture / diligent (old) / government field official (old)

= + 𧘇 : Nelson Newt (nu) started a monoculture (农) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). He set up melon plants on top of the stones, and the melons are hanging down to the sides. Just above the melons he set up cooking tops (冖) to provide some shade. To water his plants, he has to climb up a step ladder (𧘇).
surname Nong

= + 𧘇 : Nelson Newt (nu) started a monoculture (农) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). He set up melon plants on top of the stones, and the melons are hanging down to the sides. Just above the melons he set up cooking tops (冖) to provide some shade. To water his plants, he has to climb up a step ladder (𧘇).
variant of 麴|曲[qu1]
canon / law / standard work of scholarship / literary quotation or allusion / ceremony / to be in charge of / to mortgage or pawn

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a head cannon. Dorothy Gale (di) is playing the harp (曲) inside the anthill's living room (an3) while shooting an eight ball (八) from her head cannon (典).
class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old)

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a Chinese / white herring.

The King of Chu (c) called Cao Cao too often (曹) and now he's about to enter the aorta (ao2). To pay him respect the King of Chu plays a flute (一) and the Chinese / white herring (曹) plays a harp (曲). They also record their performance with a microphone (曰).
surname Cao / Zhou Dynasty vassal state

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a Chinese / white herring.

The King of Chu (c) called Cao Cao too often (曹) and now he's about to enter the aorta (ao2). To pay him respect the King of Chu plays a flute (一) and the Chinese / white herring (曹) plays a harp (曲). They also record their performance with a microphone (曰).
variant of 豐|丰[feng1]
ceremonial vessel / variant of 禮|礼[li3]
cricket
surname Qu
variant of 麯[qu1]

Words with 曲

lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits / pros and cons
lit. crooked and straight / fig. right and wrong, good and evil
difficult songs find few singers (idiom) / highbrow
to bend / flexing / deflection
shidaiqu, a musical genre that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s, a fusion of Chinese folk music and Western jazz
Quzhou county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1], Hebei
verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing
constellation governing scholarship and examinations; (fig.) renowned literary genius / brand name of handheld electronic dictionaries made by Beijing company Golden Global View
a surface of revolution (math.)

Sentences with 曲

wǔ
qǔ
xi̅ng