Chinese Character 钩 Meanings and components.

Form

钩

Meaning

钩 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 鉤|钩[Gou1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 钩 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (钅) , 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 OPPI

How to write 钩

To write钩gou1variant of … you should write a combination of 钅jin1 , 勾gou1surname Gou arranged in a 吅 shape:

钅 + 勾 = 钩

钩 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

钩
Pinyin:gou1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 鉤|钩[Gou1]
钅
Pinyin:jin1
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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