What does kanji 鈎 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 鈎 is barb.

How is kanji 鈎 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 鈎 are かぎ; the onyomi readings are ク, コウ.

What words use kanji 鈎?

Example words that use kanji 鈎 include 針, 鈎虫, 勾股弦, 勾股弦の定理.

Pre-Level 1

鈎

Meaning

Kanji 鈎

barb

barb, brackets, gaff, hook

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: かぎ
Onyomi 音読み: クコウ
Nanori 名乗り: -

Variant: 鉤 (Formal) , 钩 (Itaiji)

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 12
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji: 勾 • 抅 • 沟 • 构 • 芶 • 㘬 • 购

Related vocabulary

12 common entries

Showing 12 of 14 entries that include this kanji.

針

はり

counter for stitches

鈎虫

こうちゅう

hookworm

勾股弦

こうこげん

three sides of right triangle (minor cathetus, major cathetus and hypotenuse)

勾股弦の定理

こうこげんのていり

Pythagorean theorem

鉤

かぎ

hook

鉤括弧

かぎかっこ

square bracket

鉤型

かぎがた

hook-shaped

鉤状

こうじょう

hooklike

鉤爪

かぎづめ

claw

鉤鼻

かぎばな

hooked nose

毛鉤

けばり

(artificial) fly

引目鉤鼻

ひきめかぎばな

style of drawing the human face, popular in the Heian period

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は壁に鈎を取り付けた。

He attached a hook to the wall.

魚が釣り鈎を飲み込んでしまった。

The fish swallowed the hook.

会話文は鈎括弧でくくってください。

Please enclose the conversation in brackets.

この船は大きな鈎を備えている。

This ship is equipped with a large gaff.

濡れたコートを鈎に掛けた。

I hung the wet coat on a hook.