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鈎
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钩
🇨🇳

barb

HSK 10
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gōu
コウ、ク
かぎ
포
A metal 釒 hook 勾; 勾 also provides the pronunciation
Components
Traditional (鈎)
釒 kangxi+ 勾 cross out =
鈎 barb
釒 Meaning component
jīn kangxi
metal
勾 Meaning component
gōu cross out
hook, join, connect
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Simplified (钩)
钅 metal 🇨🇳+ 勾 cross out =
钩 hook
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal 🇨🇳
metal
勾 Meaning component
gōu cross out
hook, join, connect
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Notes
Similar Characters
欽 think highly of (trad)釗 endeavor (trad)釣 angle (trad/jp)釦 clasp (trad)釧 bracelet (trad)釩 vanadium (trad)釵 ornamental (trad)釺 tool for boring holes (trad)鈀 palladium (trad)鈄 Wine A Wine Flagon (trad)鈆 lead (archaic) (trad)鈉 sodium (trad)鈍 obtuse (trad/jp)鈔 paper money (trad)鈕 push button (trad)鈞 30 catties (trad)鈣 calcium (trad)鈦 titanium (trad)鈬 bell (iii)鈴 small bell (trad/jp)
Chinese
钩 / 鈎 [gōu]
variant of 鉤|钩[gōu]
Japanese
針 、 鉤 (rare) 、 鈎 (rare) はり 同音

noun

  1. needle; pin
  2. hook
  3. stinger; thorn
  4. hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
  5. staple (for a stapler)
  6. needlework; sewing
  7. malice

counter

  1. counter for stitches
鉤 、 鈎 かぎ 同音

noun

  1. hook
  2. abbrev. hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (5)
針で親指を突いてしまった。
I pricked my thumb with a needle.
変な魚が針にかかっている。
A strange fish is on the hook.
彼女は時計の針を１０分進ませた。
She advanced the hand ten minutes.
怪我自体はなん針か縫う程度だそうです。
Apparently the wound itself only needs a few stitches.
Japanese Names
鈎 まがり
Magari surname
CHINESE WORDS (4)
衣裳钩儿 [yī​shang​gōu​r]
clothes hook
钩稽 [gōu​jī]
variant of 鉤稽|钩稽[gōu​jī]
铁钩 [tiě​gōu]
iron hook
铁钩儿 [tiě​gōu​r]
erhua variant of 鐵鈎|铁钩[tiě​gōu]
JAPANESE WORDS (11)
⭐ 針 [はり] #3,448
needle
鉤爪 [かぎづめ] #22,504
claw
鉤状 [こうじょう] #87,269
hooklike
鉤鼻 [かぎばな] #104,639
hooked nose
毛鉤 [けばり] #110,135
(artificial) fly
鉤型 [かぎがた] #128,334
hook-shaped
カギ括弧 [カギカッコ] #173,215
square brackets
勾股弦 [こうこげん] #180,196
three sides of right triangle (minor cathetus, major cathetus and hypotenuse)
引目鉤鼻 [ひきめかぎばな] #310,591
style of drawing the human face, popular in the Heian period
勾股弦の定理 [こうこげんのていり]
Pythagorean theorem
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