Read Edit View history 鉤 gōu HSK7 hook Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint A metal 釒 hook 句; 句 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas gōu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 钩 ×𰽭 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鉤 Simp strokes 鉤 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 鉤 Simp strokes 鉤 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 鉤 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 322, 803 ], [ 352, 771 ], [ 331, 701 ], [ 287, 607 ], [ 197, 469 ], [ 114, 381 ], [ 70, 346 ] ], [ [ 371, 711 ], [ 453, 657 ], [ 484, 619 ] ], [ [ 226, 464 ], [ 282, 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340 Q 124 358 218 465 L 224 472 Z", "M 359 698 Q 363 692 378 681 Q 418 651 462 614 Q 472 604 485 605 Q 494 606 497 616 Q 501 628 493 651 Q 481 690 373 718 Q 370 719 368 718 C 341 719 341 719 359 698 Z", "M 335 463 Q 372 476 415 488 Q 437 495 442 500 Q 449 507 444 514 Q 437 524 411 527 Q 384 530 360 516 Q 335 504 305 495 Q 274 485 236 477 Q 227 476 224 472 C 216 467 216 467 218 465 Q 219 461 229 456 Q 251 447 292 450 L 335 463 Z", "M 347 359 Q 374 368 405 376 Q 436 386 441 390 Q 448 397 444 405 Q 437 415 409 420 Q 367 426 349 408 L 299 389 Q 289 388 282 384 Q 240 371 190 363 Q 157 354 182 341 Q 224 320 271 338 Q 284 342 300 346 L 347 359 Z", "M 341 176 Q 344 276 347 359 L 349 408 Q 353 444 348 451 Q 341 458 335 463 C 313 483 281 478 292 450 L 294 448 Q 298 433 299 389 L 300 346 Q 300 285 300 161 C 300 131 340 146 341 176 Z", "M 185 246 Q 201 230 220 209 Q 230 197 244 198 Q 253 198 257 209 Q 261 221 255 245 Q 248 269 182 285 Q 169 289 164 287 Q 160 283 161 273 Q 162 263 185 246 Z", "M 399 309 Q 389 285 366 246 Q 362 240 367 235 Q 373 235 378 239 Q 430 284 456 301 Q 469 305 464 314 Q 458 324 442 337 Q 426 349 409 348 Q 399 347 400 332 Q 404 322 399 309 Z", "M 300 161 Q 239 142 170 121 Q 151 114 117 115 Q 104 114 102 103 Q 101 90 110 82 Q 132 66 166 48 Q 176 45 188 54 Q 224 82 412 168 Q 437 180 457 195 Q 470 202 470 212 Q 464 218 452 215 Q 400 196 341 176 L 300 161 Z", "M 585 551 Q 642 633 680 703 Q 696 739 712 757 Q 721 769 715 782 Q 709 795 678 815 Q 650 831 630 828 Q 611 824 622 803 Q 635 781 629 760 Q 610 691 577 624 Q 546 560 500 488 Q 490 476 489 470 Q 486 458 501 462 Q 525 472 573 534 L 585 551 Z", "M 573 534 Q 603 525 669 537 Q 819 567 824 556 Q 846 519 828 275 Q 810 148 780 87 Q 764 53 741 45 Q 728 44 670 77 Q 660 81 659 76 Q 658 72 668 60 Q 705 8 721 -28 Q 730 -50 743 -51 Q 797 -44 843 54 Q 879 138 898 391 Q 901 511 920 535 Q 935 551 935 561 Q 934 568 914 582 Q 886 603 849 613 Q 821 620 803 611 Q 785 604 743 591 Q 683 572 640 564 Q 607 557 585 551 C 556 544 543 538 573 534 Z", "M 532 396 Q 520 400 499 405 Q 489 408 485 403 Q 479 399 486 384 Q 510 332 522 246 Q 523 221 538 203 Q 553 182 558 197 Q 562 209 562 228 L 559 260 Q 547 345 547 369 C 546 392 546 392 532 396 Z", "M 692 283 Q 708 344 730 365 Q 752 389 730 402 Q 712 414 688 431 Q 670 441 652 431 Q 607 407 532 396 C 502 391 519 357 547 369 Q 553 375 628 385 Q 652 389 657 380 Q 664 374 656 342 Q 649 314 642 279 C 636 250 684 254 692 283 Z", "M 562 228 Q 568 228 576 229 Q 619 239 713 247 Q 723 248 724 257 Q 725 264 696 282 Q 695 283 692 283 L 642 279 Q 593 267 559 260 C 530 254 532 227 562 228 Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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