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鉤
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
钩
🇨🇳

hook

HSK 10
Communication →Language
gōu
コウ、ク
かぎ、はり、ばり
구
A metal 釒 hook 句; 句 also provides the pronunciation
Components
Traditional (鉤)
釒 kangxi+ 句 sentence =
鉤 hook
釒 Meaning component
jīn kangxi
metal
句 Meaning component
jù sentence
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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
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Historical Evolution
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
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Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Bronze
Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鉤
Regular
Modern
Chinese
钩 / 鉤 [gōu]
to hook; to sew; to crochet; hook; check mark or tick; window catch
Japanese
鉤 、 鈎 かぎ 同音

noun

  1. hook
  2. abbrev. hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
鉤 、 鈎 ち 同音
noun archaic fishing hook
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
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (5)
彼は上着を鉤にかけた。
He hung his coat on a hook.
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.
Japanese Names
鉤 まがり
Magari surname
CHINESE WORDS (62)
上钩 [shàng​gōu] #6,645
to take the bait
钩子 [gōu​zi] #11,978
hook
脱钩 [tuō​gōu] #57,753
to cut ties
鱼钩 [yú​gōu] #24,101
fishhook
挂钩 [guà​gōu] #26,350
hook (on which to hang sth)
拉钩 [lā​gōu] #46,459
pinky swear
钩住 [gōu​zhù] #46,599
to hook onto
吊钩 [diào​gōu] #40,001
suspended hook
钓钩 [diào​gōu] #49,492
fishhook
钩针 [gōu​zhēn] #52,204
crochet hook
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JAPANESE WORDS (41)
⭐ 針 [はり] #3,448
needle
鉤爪 [かぎづめ] #22,504
claw
鉤 [かぎ] #40,053
hook
⭐ 釣り針 [つりばり] #40,613
fish hook
木苺 [きいちご] #59,422
raspberry (any plant of genus Rubus, esp. Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus)
鉤状 [こうじょう] #87,269
hooklike
かぎ針 [かぎばり] #94,537
hook
高欄 [こうらん] #102,046
railing
鉤鼻 [かぎばな] #104,639
hooked nose
かぎ縄 [かぎなわ] #105,040
ninja rope with grappling hook
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