鉤
hook, barb, gaff, brackets
Readings
On'yomi
- コウ
- ク
Kun'yomi
- かぎ
- はり
- ばり
Meaning
鉤 centers on a curved or bent metal object used for catching, holding, or fastening: a hook, barb, or gaff. The brackets sense extends this idea to a pair of hook-like marks used to enclose text.
Most common words using 鉤
20 of 33- 鉤かぎ
hook
- 鉤ち
fishing hook
- 鉤爪かぎづめ
claw; talon
- ひっかけ鉤ひっかけかぎ
grappling hook; grappling iron
- アメリカ鉤虫アメリカこうちゅう
New World hookworm (Necator americanus)
- ズビニ鉤虫ズビニこうちゅう
old world hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale)
- 単鉤法たんこうほう
in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger
- 双鉤法そうこうほう
in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and the index and middle fingers
- 小鉤こはぜ
clasp
- 引目鉤鼻ひきめかぎばな
style of drawing the human face, popular in the Heian period
- 手鉤てかぎ
short gaff; hand gaff; hook on a wooden handle
- 擬餌鉤ぎじばり
artificial fly; lure
- 有鉤条虫ゆうこうじょうちゅう
pork tapeworm (Taenia solium)
- 有鉤条虫症ゆうこうじょうちゅうしょう
taeniasis; cysticercosis
- 有鉤骨ゆうこうこつ
hamate bone; unciform bone; hooked bone
- 毛鉤けばり
(artificial) fly; fly lure
- 符鉤ふこう
tail (of a note)
- 自在鉤じざいかぎ
pothook (for hanging a pot, etc. over a fire)
- 鉤の手かぎのて
right-angled bend
- 鉤ホックかぎホック
hook and eye (clothing fastener)
Study
Etymology
鉤 combines 金 (metal) with 句, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of a bent or hooked shape. The character originally referred to a metal hook.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 金 means metal, and the right side 句 looks like a bent shape with a mouth-like opening. Picture a metal hook curved like 句, ready to catch something.
Reading mnemonic
For コウ, imagine a metal hook catching a coat: coat -> コウ, and the hook holds it firmly.