钩

See also 鈎, and 鉤

Translingual

simpl.		钩
trad.		鈎

Etymology

Simplified from 鈎 (金 → 钅). Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 钅 (“metal”) + phonetic 勾 – a metal hook. 勾 also has meaning of “hook”, from its semantic 勹, hence a metal (金) hook (勾, 勹).

Han character

钩 (radical 167 钅+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 金心戈 (CPI), 人心心戈 (OPPI), XXX金心 (XXXCP))

1. hook, barb
2. sickle
3. stroke with

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1328, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4179, character 7
• Unihan data for U+94A9

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Cantonese

Hanzi

钩 (traditional 鈎, 鉤, Yale gau1, ngau1)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

钩 (traditional 鈎, 鉤, pinyin gōu (gou1), huǒ (huo3), Wade-Giles kou¹, huo³)

Compounds

• 钩秤
• 钩尺
• 钩虫
• 钩心斗角
• 钩针, 钩针儿
• 钩子