钩
gōu HSK7

hook

钩 鉤 gōu frequency
variant 鈎
hook noun
(noun) a curved object used for catching, hanging, or connecting things, such as a fishhook, clothes hook, or window catch
to crochet noun
to sew or knit using a hooked needle, often with large stitches
check mark
a mark used to indicate that something is correct or selected; a tick
to hook
(verb) to catch, pull, or snag something with a hook or sharp object
surname
a Chinese surname
to probe
(literary) to explore or delve into the hidden or obscure meanings of something
钩 鉤 gōu
to outline
to draw the contour or outline of something; often used interchangeably with 勾 gōu
[hook stroke]
(bound form) a hooked stroke in Chinese calligraphy, occurring at the end of various brush strokes
hook-sword
(noun) an ancient curved weapon similar to a sword
to detain
(archaic) to take into custody; to arrest or detain
hook-shaped
curved like a hook

Cross-References

Classifier

Same as

Has erhua variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,254th most common 26.6 per million
Movie subtitles
2,179th most common 14.4 per million appears in 8% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
7.96 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
21.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
鈎鉤
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+94A9

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)