钩 (鉤) gōu

  1. gōu noun hook character stroke
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art
    Notes: Used to end certain strokes when writing a Chinese character (Guoyu '鉤' n 3; NCCED '钩' 5; Yee 1973, p. 133-136)
  2. gōu noun a hook; a barb
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 鱼钩 'fish hook' (Guoyu '鉤' n 1; Kroll 2015 '鉤' 1; NCCED '钩' 1; Unihan '鉤')
  3. gōu verb to hook; to catch
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '鉤' v 1; Kroll 2015 '鉤' 2; NCCED '钩' 2)
  4. gōu adjective hook shaped; curved; crooked
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 弯曲的; for example, 钩鼻子 'hook nose' (Guoyu '鉤' adj; Kroll 2015 '鉤' 3)
  5. gōu noun a sickle; a gaff; a hook shaped weapon or tool
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '鉤' n 2; Kroll 2015 '鉤' 4; Unihan '鉤')
  6. gōu verb to seduce; to entice
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '鉤' 2a)
  7. gōu noun a drawing compass
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '鉤' 5)
  8. gōu noun a scaling ladder
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '鉤' 7)
  9. gōu verb to restrain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '鉤' 8)
  10. gōu verb to probe; to explore
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '鉤' 9; NCCED '钩' 3)
  11. gōu verb to crochet
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Clothing
    Notes: A kind of knitting (Guoyu '鉤' v 5; NCCED '钩' 4)
  12. gōu noun a check mark; a tick
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Especially on a paper form (NCCED '钩' 6)
  13. gōu verb to sew with large stiches
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Clothing
    Notes: (NCCED '钩' 7)
  14. gōu proper noun Gou
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '鉤' n 4)
  15. gōu verb to alter; to change
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 更改 (Guoyu '鉤' v 2)
  16. gōu verb to detain; to arrest
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 扣留 (Guoyu '鉤' v 3)
  17. gōu verb to describe; to portray
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 描绘; as a variant of 勾 (Guoyu '鉤' v 4)
  18. gōu adverb stopping; staying
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '鉤' adv)

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