fishing hook
Archaic word for a fishing hook. In modern Japanese, 釣り針 (つりばり) is the standard term.
Ancient documents describe methods of catching fish using a hook.
pork tapeworm; Taenia solium
Old World hookworm; Ancylostoma duodenale
Standard kanji form for this archaic word.
Variant kanji form; less common than 鉤.
The historical derivation is uncertain. The kanji 鉤 and 鈎 both represent a hook or barb, and the reading ち is an old native Japanese word for a hook.