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钩 gōu hook

hook; barb; sickle; to link; check mark or tick

How to remember 钩: 钅 gold + 勾 to hook = hook. Grandpa paints his old tools gold and uses bent wire to hook every hook onto the shed wall.

  • HSK 9
  • 9 strokes
  • Radical 钅

Component breakdown

钩 = 钅 gold + 勾 to hook

  • 钅 gold
  • 勾 to hook
The Gushi story

Grandpa paints his old tools gold and uses bent wire to hook every hook onto the shed wall.

How it is used

  • A hook - 鱼钩 (yúgōu) fishhook, 挂钩 (guàgōu) a coupling hook, and as a verb to hook/link.
  • 挂钩 is very common figuratively: 与业绩挂钩 (yǔ yèjì guàgōu) to be tied to / linked with performance, e.g. pay linked to results.
  • Also the tick/check mark 打钩 (dǎ gōu) to check a box, and the hook stroke in characters.

Words with 钩