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CHINESE CHARACTER

gōu

勾

勾

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hook

Numbered pinyin
gou1
English meanings
surname Gou, to attract, to arouse, to tick, to strike out, to delineate, to collude, variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook, see 勾當|勾当[gou4 dang4]

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Enclosed from the upper right structure

Enclosed from the upper right arrangement: outside 勹; inside 厶.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿹勹厶

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    gōuhuà勾画。

    Delineate.

  2. 02

    gōu勾xuǎn选。

    Tick.

  3. 03

    gōu勾dā搭。

    Collude.

  4. 04

    gōu勾gōuhuà勾画huà画。

    Sketching.

  5. 05

    huà画gè个gōu勾。

    Put a check mark.

  6. 06

    rènzhēn认真biāo标jì记。

    Mark carefully.

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  • 勾画
  • 勾结