Read Edit View history Discussion 钩 gōu HSK7 hook Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint A metal 钅 hook 勾; 勾 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas gōu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 鈎 ×鉤 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 钩 Simp strokes 钩 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 钩 Simp strokes 钩 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 钩 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 299, 815 ], [ 340, 750 ], [ 209, 533 ], [ 59, 365 ] ], [ [ 288, 601 ], [ 453, 635 ] ], [ [ 201, 464 ], [ 419, 502 ] ], [ [ 155, 283 ], [ 423, 349 ] ], [ 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