鉤

鉤 U+9264, 鉤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9264 ← 鉣 [U+9263] CJK Unified Ideographs 鉥 → [U+9265]

鉤 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金心口 (CPR), four-corner 8712₀, composition ⿰釒句)

• 𦽋, 𥴴

• 鈎 (Variant traditional form)
• 钩 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1302, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40319
• Dae Jaweon: page 1804, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4188, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9264

trad.		鉤/鈎
simp.		钩
2nd round simp.		勾
nonstandard simp.		𰽭
alternative forms		句

鉤

1. hook; barb (Classifier: 個／个 m c)

   魚鉤／鱼钩  ―  yúgōu  ―  fish hook

   將個袋掛喺個鉤度 [Cantonese, trad.]
   将个袋挂喺个钩度 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zoeng¹ go³ doi^6-2 gwaa³ hai² go³ ngau¹ dou⁶ [Jyutping]

   Hang the bag on the hook

   • 彼竊鉤者誅，竊國者為諸侯，諸侯之門，而仁義存焉，則是非竊仁義聖知邪？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     彼窃钩者诛，窃国者为诸侯，诸侯之门，而仁义存焉，则是非窃仁义圣知邪？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Bǐ qiè gōu zhě zhū, qiè guó zhě wèi zhūhóu, zhūhóu zhī mén, ér rén yì cún yān, zé shì fēi qiè rén yì shèng zhì yé? [Pinyin]

     Here is one who steals a hook (for his girdle) - he is put to death for it: here is another who steals a state - he becomes its prince. But it is at the gates of the princes that we find benevolence and righteousness (most strongly) professed - is not this stealing benevolence and righteousness, sageness and wisdom?

2. (obsolete) sickle
3. checkmark (Classifier: 個／个 m)
4. to hook
5. to crochet
6. to sew with large stitches
7. (literary) to investigate

   鉤沉／钩沉  ―  gōuchén  ―  to recover or uncover obscure information

8. (Chinese calligraphy) a stroke with a hook (such as in ㇠, ㇆, ㇚, or ㇟)
9. (regional, card games) jack (J)

• (basic character strokes) 點／点 (diǎn), 橫／横, 豎／竖 (shù), 提, 捺 (nà), 撇, 折, 鉤／钩 (gōu), 彎／弯 (wān), 斜

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: かぎ (kagi, 鉤)、かける (kakeru, 鉤ける)

Kanji in this term
鉤
かぎ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
鈎

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• (Tokyo) かぎ [kàgíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡʲi]

鉤(かぎ) • (kagi) 

1. hook

鉤 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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鉤: Hán Nôm readings: câu

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