Chinese Character 鈎 Meanings and components.

Form

鈎

Meaning

鈎 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 鉤|钩[Gou1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鈎 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Jin (金) , and surname Gou (勾)

Its radical[1] is: 金 (jin1) which means: Surname Jin, Surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), .金jin1surname Jin

In cangjie it is written with CPI

How to write 鈎

To write鈎gou1variant of … you should write a combination of 金jin1surname Jin , 勾gou1surname Gou arranged in a 吅 shape:

金 + 勾 = 鈎

鈎 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鈎
Pinyin:gou1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 鉤|钩[Gou1]
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
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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