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勾 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「勹」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「勹」
On
コウ・クこう・く · kō · ku
Kun
かぎ・ま.がるkagi · ma.garu
Meaning
bend; slope

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A picture of something bent like a hook: to bend, and hence a slope.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコウこうkō勾配こうばい勾留こうりゅう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 勾配こうばい

    slope; gradient

  • 勾留こうりゅう

    detention in custody

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

急(きゅう)な勾配(こうばい)の坂道(さかみち)を上(のぼ)った。

I climbed a steeply sloping hill road.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

勾留勾配勾留to sta…配distri…匂scent勺ladle勿do not匁monme包to wra…尻buttoc…虹rainbo…桁beam惧fear梗block…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 勹Map of reading コウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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