勾
gōuGōugòu HSK7

hook

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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 12, 2020, 06:45 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 12, 2020, 06:45 AM

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勾 originated as a variant of 句. 口 represents the sound and 丩 represents the meaning and the sound.

Components

丩
丩 SoundMeaning component
口
口 Sound component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 口 than it was in ancient scripts.

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkuw[k]ˤ(r)ocurved
kuwH[k]ˤ(r)ok-sloan for 彀 draw a bow to the full
Zhengzhangkoː
koːs

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang