漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
勾: be bent, slope
Also: capture
N1 (our estimate)4 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
勹 carries the meaning · 厶 is drawn in
4 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 勾配こうばいslope; incline; gradient
- 勾引こういんarrest; custody; apprehending
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 勾玉まがたまmagatama
Also read ク, かぎ, まがる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Keep it safe! Imagine reaching out to wrap a warm blanket around a friend or carefully "enclosing" a gift in paper.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side勾 be bent · 勹
vs允 license · 儿In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · gōu
Same form: 勾 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 勾 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 勾 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin gōu most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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