Chinese Character 鉤 Meanings and components.

Form

鉤

Meaning

鉤 meaning[3] in English

To Hook.

To Sew.

To Crochet.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鉤 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Jin (金) , and variant of 勾[gou1] (句)

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 CPR

How to write 鉤

To write鉤gou1to hook you should write a combination of 金jin1surname Jin , 句ju4variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

金 + 句 = 鉤

鉤 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

鉤
Pinyin:gou1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Hook . To Sew . To Crochet . Hook . Check Mark Or Tick . Window Catch
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
句
Pinyin:ju4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 勾[Gou1]
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

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

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

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