鈎

See also: 鉤 and 钩

Translingual

Han character

鈎 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 金心戈 (CPI) or 難難金心戈 (XXCPI), composition ⿰釒勾)

Related characters

• 鉤 (Orthodox traditional form)
• 钩 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1298, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40220
• Dae Jaweon: page 1801, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4179, character 6
• Unihan data for U+920E

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Variant of 鉤, via variation of phonetic 句 → 勾.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 鈎 – see 鉤 (“hook; barb; sickle; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 鉤).

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Japanese

Kanji

鈎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: かぎ (kagi, 鈎); かける (kakeru, 鈎ける)

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Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• 鉤 (câu)

Han character

鈎: Hán Việt readings: câu
鈎: Nôm readings: câu

1. Nôm form of câu (“to hook, to fish”).