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鉤 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「金」

道
準1University / general ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「金」
On
コウ・クこう・く · kō · ku
Kun
かぎ・はり・ばりkagi · hari · bari
Meaning
hook

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Metal 金 with 句 "bent": the metal piece with a bent tip — a hook.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 鉤かぎ

    hook

  • 鉤括弧かぎかっこ

    Japanese quotation marks

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

引用(いんよう)の部分(ぶぶん)は鉤(はり)括弧(かっこ)でくくる。

Quotations are enclosed in these brackets.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

鉤括弧鉤括弧鉤弧arc括bundle釘nail釧bracel…釦button鈷vajra鉦gong叩strike弘vast亙extend…亘extend…亨pass…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 金Map of reading コウAll maps

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