This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: キョク、ま.がる、ま.げる、くま
Romaji: kyoku, ma.garu, ma.geru, kuma
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: まがた
Romaji: magata
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  6
Radical Number:  2
Frequency:  810
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  4-6-2
Korean Reading:  gog
Chinese Reading:  qu1
Unicode:  66f2
JIS:  364A

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3527
Nelson Index: 103
New Nelson Index: 2418
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a6.27
Four Corner Index: 5560.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 261
Gakken Index: 604
Japanese Names Index: 327
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14280
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0952
Remembering the kanji Index: 1172
Kanji Flashcards Index: 609
Kodansha Compact Index: 996
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 279
Kanji in Context Index: 625
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2197
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2956
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1180
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1256
Essential Kanji Index: 715
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4340
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1976
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 381
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 264

Words

(くま)
corner; nook; recess; a shadow; a shade
(くせ、クセ)
long segment of a noh play forming its musical highlight; wrong; improper; indecent
作曲 (さっきょく)
composition; setting (of music)
楽曲 (がっきょく)
musical composition; tune
曲線 (きょくせん)
curve
(きょく)
tune; piece of music
(まが)
wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster
編曲 (へんきょく)
arrangement; to arrange; to orchestrate
協奏曲 (きょうそうきょく)
concerto
全曲 (ぜんきょく)
all compositions; the entire composition
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