gōu

hook

A metal  hook  also provides the pronunciation

Components
釒 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

句 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

gōu

  

sentence

Evolution

鉤 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
鉤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鉤 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鉤 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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gōu

hook, barb; sickle; stroke with; to hook; to sew; to crochet; hook; check mark or tick; window catch

Most common words with 鉤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to hook

上钩

to take the bait

钩子

hook

脱钩

to cut ties

鱼钩

fishhook