钩 gōu hook
hook; barb; sickle; to link; check mark or tick
怎么记住“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.
部件结构
钩 = 钅 gold + 勾 to hook
- 钅 gold
- 勾 to hook
Grandpa paints his old tools gold and uses bent wire to hook every hook onto the shed wall.
用法
- 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.