钩 — Chinese character
钩
gōu
hook, barb, sickle; to hook, to link
- Pinyin
- gōu
- Radical
- 167 ⾦ (Gold)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 钅 勾
- Formation
- ideographic — A metal 钅 hook 勾; 勾 also provides the pronunciation
- Traditional
- 鈎 鉤
Common words with 钩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挂钩 (掛鉤) | guà gōu | to couple; to link; to hook together; (fig.) (preceded by 与 (yǔ) + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) |
| 脱钩 (脫鉤) | tuō gōu | to cut ties; to disconnect |
| 上钩 (上鉤) | shàng gōu | to take the bait |
| 钩子 (鉤子) | gōu zi | hook |
| 鱼钩 (魚鉤) | yú gōu | fishhook |
| 铁钩 (鐵鈎) | tiě gōu | iron hook |
| 钩针 (鉤針) | gōu zhēn | crochet hook; crochet needle |
| 倒钩 (倒鉤) | dào gōu | barb; (football) bicycle kick; overhead kick |
| 吊钩 (吊鉤) | diào gōu | suspended hook; hanging hook |
| 钓钩 (釣鉤) | diào gōu | fishhook |
| 钩住 (鉤住) | gōu zhù | to hook onto; to hitch onto |
| 拉钩 (拉鉤) | lā gōu | to make a pinky promise |
English words written with 钩
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.