挠钩
náo​gōu

hooked pole

挠 náo, xiāo, rào scratch Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 尧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 撓.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

尧
尧 Sound component
yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

钩 gōu hook Simplified

A metal 钅 hook 勾; 勾 also provides the pronunciation

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal
勾
勾 SoundMeaning component
gōu hook

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

撓 scratch Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 堯 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

堯
堯 Sound component
legendary ancient emperor-sage

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnræwXm-[q]ʰˤrewʔbend (v.); flinch
nræwXnˤ<r>[a]wʔdisturb
Zhengzhanghŋaːw
rŋaːw
rnaːwʔ
Unicodenǎu

說文解字

擾也。从手堯聲。一曰捄也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鉤 gōu hook Traditional

A metal 釒 hook 句; 句 also provides the pronunciation

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal
句
句 SoundMeaning component
jù sentence

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkuw[kˤ](r)ohook
Zhengzhangkoː
Unicodegou

說文解字

曲也。从金从句，句亦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)