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Translingual
Han character
勾 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心戈 (PI), four-corner 27720, composition ⿹勹厶)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 150, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2500
- Dae Jaweon: page 339, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 256, character 3
- Unihan data for U+52FE
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 勾
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*koː, *koːs
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| 鉤
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*koː
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| 鴝
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*koː, *ɡo
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| 句
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*koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo
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| 夠
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*koː, *koːs, *kʰoː
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| 枸
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*koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ
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| 軥
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*koː, *koːs, *ɡo
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| 狗
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*koːʔ
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| 苟
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*koːʔ
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| 岣
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*koːʔ, *ko
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| 笱
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*koːʔ
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| 玽
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*koːʔ
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| 耇
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*koːʔ
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| 豿
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*koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ
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| 敂
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*koːʔ
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| 怐
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*koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos
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| 雊
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*koːs
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| 竘
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*kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ
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| 齁
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*qʰoː
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| 呴
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*qʰoːʔ, *qʰos
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| 蚼
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*qʰoːʔ, *ɡo
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| 豞
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*qʰoːs
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| 訽
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*qʰoːs, *ɡoːs
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| 佝
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*qʰoːs
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| 拘
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*ko
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| 駒
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*ko
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| 眗
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*ko
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| 跔
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*ko
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| 鮈
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*ko
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| 痀
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*ko
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| 蒟
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*koʔ, *kos
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| 絇
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*kos, *ɡo
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| 邭
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*kos
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| 劬
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*ɡo
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| 朐
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*ɡo
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| 鼩
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*ɡo
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| 斪
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*ɡo
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| 翑
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*ɡo
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| 葋
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*ɡo
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| 姁
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*ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos
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| 欨
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*qʰo, *qʰoʔ
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| 喣
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*qʰoʔ
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| 煦
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*qʰoʔ, *qʰos
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| 昫
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*qʰos
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Variant of 句, via 口 → 厶.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation 1
Note: gau1 - rare (due to homophony with
㞗).
Note: gău - “to bracket (e.g. a sentence)”.
Note:
- kio/ko͘ - literary;
- kau - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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勾
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| Reading #
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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gōu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kuw ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁ(r)o/
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| English
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curved
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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勾
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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7061
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Phonetic
component
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句
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Rime
group
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侯
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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鉤
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Old
Chinese
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/*koː/
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| Notes
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句轉註字，王韻注爲俗體
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Definitions
勾
- to bend; to curve; to crook; to hook
- to draw; to delineate
- to tick; to mark; to tick off
- to cut off or cut out; to strike out; to cross out
- to entice; to induce; to attract
- to smear; to apply
- (literary, or in compounds) to collude; to conspire
- (cooking, literary, or in compounds) to mix thoroughly to make something thicken
- (literary, or in compounds) to get; to call; to summon
- (literary, or in compounds) to catch; to arrest
- (historical geometry) shorter leg of a right triangle
- numeral nine (used in radio communications in aviation and by the military)
- See also: 九
- a surname
Synonyms
- 吸 (xī)
- 吸引 (xīyǐn)
- 抓 (zhuā)
- 招引 (zhāoyǐn)
- 誘惑／诱惑 (yòuhuò)
- 逗 (dòu)
- 串 (literary, or in compounds)
- 串通 (chuàntōng)
- 交通 (jiāotōng) (Classical)
- 勾搭 (gōuda)
- 勾結／勾结 (gōujié)
- 拍通套 (Hokkien)
- 斗空 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 結構／结构 (jiégòu) (archaic)
- (to smear): 塗抹／涂抹 (túmǒ)
- (to mix thoroughly): 調製／调制 (tiáozhì)
Coordinate terms
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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勾
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| Reading #
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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gòu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kuwH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁ(r)ok-s/
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| English
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loan for 彀 draw a bow to the full
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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勾
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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7079
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Phonetic
component
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句
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Rime
group
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侯
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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遘
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Old
Chinese
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/*koːs/
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Definitions
勾
- trap; trick
- Alternative form of 夠／够 (gòu, “to be enough; to be sufficient; to reach; can”)
Compounds
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 勾 – see 鉤 (“hook; barb; sickle; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 鉤). |
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References
Japanese
Kanji
勾
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- be bent
Readings
Korean
Hanja
勾 • (gu, gwi) (hangeul 구, 귀, revised gu, gwi, McCune–Reischauer ku, kwi)
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Vietnamese
Han character
勾: Hán Nôm readings: câu, cấu, cú
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