勾

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See also: 句
勾 U+52FE, 勾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52FE
← 勽
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 勿 →

Translingual

Han character

勾 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心戈 (PI), four-corner 27720, composition ⿹勹厶)

Derived characters

Additional 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

simp. and trad.
 勾
alternative forms 句

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (句) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
勾 *koː, *koːs
鉤 *koː
鴝 *koː, *ɡo
句 *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo
夠 *koː, *koːs, *kʰoː
枸 *koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ
軥 *koː, *koːs, *ɡo
狗 *koːʔ
苟 *koːʔ
岣 *koːʔ, *ko
笱 *koːʔ
玽 *koːʔ
耇 *koːʔ
豿 *koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ
敂 *koːʔ
怐 *koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos
雊 *koːs
竘 *kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ
齁 *qʰoː
呴 *qʰoːʔ, *qʰos
蚼 *qʰoːʔ, *ɡo
豞 *qʰoːs
訽 *qʰoːs, *ɡoːs
佝 *qʰoːs
拘 *ko
駒 *ko
眗 *ko
跔 *ko
鮈 *ko
痀 *ko
蒟 *koʔ, *kos
絇 *kos, *ɡo
邭 *kos
劬 *ɡo
朐 *ɡo
鼩 *ɡo
斪 *ɡo
翑 *ɡo
葋 *ɡo
姁 *ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos
欨 *qʰo, *qʰoʔ
喣 *qʰoʔ
煦 *qʰoʔ, *qʰos
昫 *qʰos

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.
Rime
Character 勾
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古侯切
Baxter kuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kəu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kəu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kəw/
Li
Rong 		/ku/
Wang
Li 		/kəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gau1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 勾
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gōu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kuw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁ(r)o/
English curved

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 勾
Reading # 1/2
No. 7061
Phonetic
component 		句
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		鉤
Old
Chinese 		/*koː/
Notes 句轉註字，王韻注爲俗體
Definitions

勾

  1. to bend; to curve; to crook; to hook
  2. to draw; to delineate
  3. to tick; to mark; to tick off
  4. to cut off or cut out; to strike out; to cross out
  5. to entice; to induce; to attract
  6. to smear; to apply
  7. (literary, or in compounds) to collude; to conspire
  8. (cooking, literary, or in compounds) to mix thoroughly to make something thicken
  9. (literary, or in compounds) to get; to call; to summon
  10. (literary, or in compounds) to catch; to arrest
  11. (historical geometry) shorter leg of a right triangle
  12. numeral nine (used in radio communications in aviation and by the military)
    See also: 九
  13. a surname
Synonyms
  • (to entice):
  • (to collude with):
Coordinate terms
  • (geometry): 股 (gǔ)
Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 勾
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古候切
Baxter kuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kəuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kəuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kəwH/
Li
Rong 		/kuH/
Wang
Li 		/kəuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gau3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 勾
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gòu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kuwH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁ(r)ok-s/
English loan for 彀 draw a bow to the full

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 勾
Reading # 2/2
No. 7079
Phonetic
component 		句
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		遘
Old
Chinese 		/*koːs/
Definitions

勾

  1. trap; trick
  2. 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).
Notes:

References

Japanese

Kanji

勾

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. be bent

Readings

  • Go-on: く (ku)
  • Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
  • Kun: まがる (magaru, 勾がる)、とらえる (toraeru, 勾える)、かぎ (kagi)、のぞく (nozoku)

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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