昆曲

Traditional form:

崑曲

Pinyin (reading):

Kūnqǔ

Definitions:

• Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times

Characters:

• 昆 - elder brother; descendants
• 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false

Traditional characters:

• 崑 - the Kunlun mountains in Jiang Su province
• 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false