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钩
鈎
gōu
1. variant of [[鉤|钩<gōu>]]
Very Common • Top 6%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

钩
gōu
hook, barb, sickle; to hook, to link
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

上钩
shànggōu
to take the bait
倒钩
dàogōu
barb
吊钩
diàogōu
suspended hook
咬钩
yǎogōu
to bite
后钩
hòugōu
unfinished business
打钩
dǎgōu
to tick
拉钩
lāgōu
pinky swear
挂钩
guàgōu
hook (on which to hang sth)
搭钩
dāgōu
a hook
挠钩
náogōu
iron hook at the end a long pole
斜钩
xiégōu
(downwards-right concave hooked character stroke)
横钩
hénggōu
horizontal stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
渔钩
yúgōu
variant of [[魚鉤|鱼钩<yúgōu>]]
秤钩
chènggōu
steelyard hook
窗钩
chuānggōu
window hook
脱钩
tuōgōu
to cut ties
衣钩
yīgōu
clothes hook
竖钩
shùgōu
vertical stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
钓钩
diàogōu
fishhook
钩稽
gōujī
variant of [[鉤稽|钩稽<gōujī>]]

Alternate Entries

钩
gōu
to hook / to sew / to crochet / hook / check mark or tick / window catch

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,253
Word Frequency Rank
4,931 of 84,292

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