曲 a bent object

曲

曲, originally a bent object, serves as a phonetic component to form characters.

曲 means:
1.crooked; curved
2.wrong
3.to bend,to crook
4.tortuous;mild and indirect;tactful
5.a song; a melody; a tune

Characters formed by the phonetic component 曲

粬蛐筁髷浀 with the same pronunciation qū