委曲

Chinese
 
give up; indeed; to commission
give up; indeed; to commission; crooked
 
tune; song; bent
tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong
trad. (委曲) 委 曲
simp. #(委曲) 委 曲

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 委 曲
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 支 (14) 鍾 (8)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 於詭切 丘玉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔˠiuᴇX/ /kʰɨok̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔʷᵚiɛX/ /kʰiok̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔiuɛX/ /kʰiok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔjwiə̆X/ /kʰuawk̚/
Li
Rong		 /ʔjueX/ /kʰiok̚/
Wang
Li		 /ǐweX/ /kʰĭwok̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔwie̯X/ /kʰi̯wok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wěi ku
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 wai2 huk1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 委 曲
Reading # 4/4 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wěi qū
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔjweX › ‹ khjowk ›
Old
Chinese		 /*q(r)orʔ/ /*kʰ(r)ok/
English bend; hang down to bend

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 委 曲
Reading # 2/2 1/1
No. 12903 10578
Phonetic
component		 委 曲
Rime
group		 歌 屋
Rime
subdivision		 3 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 委 曲
Old
Chinese		 /*qrolʔ/ /*kʰoɡ/

Adjective

委曲

  1. curved; winding; meandering; sinuous; devious; tortuous

Synonyms

Noun

委曲

  1. course of events; the full story

Synonyms

Verb

委曲

  1. to resign oneself to

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • 委曲成全

See also
  • (not to be confused with) 委屈 (wěiqu)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
委 曲
い
Grade: 3		 きょく
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ikʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

委(い)曲(きょく) • (ikyoku) 

  1. all the details
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