- 铁画银钩 tiěhuàyíngōu vigorous calligraphyCalligraphy that is both forceful and elegant, combining strokes as firm as iron with curves as graceful as silver hooks.
- 铁笔银钩 tiěbǐyíngōu vigorous calligraphyforceful and powerful strokes in calligraphy, resembling iron and silver hooks
- 银钩虿尾 yíngōuchàiwěi forceful calligraphyCalligraphy with strokes that are powerful and sharp; originally used by the Jin Dynasty calligrapher Suo Jing to describe his own writing as having hooks as bright as silver and tails as sharp as a scorpion's sting
- 银钩铁画 yíngōutiěhuà vigorous calligraphyforceful and powerful strokes in Chinese calligraphy (literally silver hooks and iron lines)