a hook or hook-shaped object

to evoke; to induce or attract; to stir up feelings or memories

to cancel; to cross out or delete by marking with a check or stroke

to draw an outline; to delineate or portray with a few strokes

to thicken a sauce or soup with starch, meaning to thicken by mixing in a slurry

to collude; to conspire or link up with someone for an illicit purpose

to fill in the joints of brickwork or masonry with mortar; to point

a Chinese surname

(bound form) used in words like 勾当 gòu​dàng for business or shady dealings

(archaic) enough; sufficient

the shorter of the two sides containing the right angle in a right-angled triangle (in ancient Chinese mathematics)

to recruit; to press into service; to enlist (often of soldiers in historical contexts)