Chinese Character 勾 Meanings and components.

Form

勾

Meaning

勾 meaning[3] in English

Surname Gou.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 勾 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are archaic variant of … (勹) , and old variant of … (厶)

Its radical[1] is: 勹 (bao1) which means: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1], .勹bao1archaic variant …

In cangjie it is written with PI

How to write 勾

To write勾gou1surname Gou you should write a combination of 勹bao1archaic variant … , 厶si1old variant … arranged in a 回 shape:

勹 + 厶 = 勾

勾 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 勾 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 勾, looks as follow:

勾
Pinyin:gou1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Gou
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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