勾

See also: 句
勾 U+52FE, 勾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52FE
← 勽
[U+52FD]
CJK Unified Ideographs 勿 →
[U+52FF]

Translingual

Han character

勾 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心戈 (PI), four-corner 27720, composition ⿹勹厶)

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 150, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2500
  • Dae Jaweon: page 339, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 256, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+52FE

Chinese

simp. and trad.
勾
alternative forms 句

Glyph origin

Variant of 句, via 口 → 厶.

Pronunciation 1


Note: gau1 - rare (due to homophony with 㞗).
Note: gău - “to bracket (e.g. a sentence)”.
Note:
  • kio/ko͘ - literary;
  • kau - vernacular.

Rime
Character 勾
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古侯切
Baxter kuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kəu/
Pan
Wuyun
/kəu/
Shao
Rongfen
/kəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəw/
Li
Rong
/ku/
Wang
Li
/kəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gau1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 勾
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gōu
Middle
Chinese
‹ kuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ˁ(r)o/
English curved

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 勾
Reading # 1/2
No. 7061
Phonetic
component
句
Rime
group
侯
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
鉤
Old
Chinese
/*koː/
Notes 句轉註字,王韻注爲俗體
Definitions

勾

  1. to bend; to curve; to crook; to hook
  2. to draw; to delineate
  3. to tick; to mark; to tick off
  4. to cut off or cut out; to strike out; to cross out
  5. to entice; to induce; to attract
  6. to smear; to apply
  7. (literary, or in compounds) to collude; to conspire
  8. (cooking, literary, or in compounds) to mix thoroughly to make something thicken
  9. (literary, or in compounds) to get; to call; to summon
  10. (literary, or in compounds) to catch; to arrest
  11. (historical geometry) shorter leg of a right triangle
  12. numeral nine (used in radio communications in aviation and by the military)
    See also: 九
  13. a surname
Synonyms
  • (to entice):
  • (to collude with):
  • 串 (chuàn) (literary, or in compounds)
  • 串通 (chuàntōng)
  • 交通 (jiāotōng) (Classical)
Coordinate terms
  • (geometry): 股 (gǔ)
Compounds

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character 勾
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古候切
Baxter kuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kəuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kəuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəwH/
Li
Rong
/kuH/
Wang
Li
/kəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gau3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 勾
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gòu
Middle
Chinese
‹ kuwH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ˁ(r)ok-s/
English loan for 彀 draw a bow to the full

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 勾
Reading # 2/2
No. 7079
Phonetic
component
句
Rime
group
侯
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
遘
Old
Chinese
/*koːs/
Definitions

勾

  1. trap; trick
  2. Alternative form of 夠/够 (gòu, “to be enough; to be sufficient; to reach; can”).
Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 勾 – see 鉤 (“hook; barb; sickle; etc.”).
(This character, 勾, is the second-round simplified form of 鉤.)
Notes:

References

Japanese

Kanji

勾

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. be bent

Readings

Korean

Hanja

勾 • (gu, gwi) (hangeul 구, 귀, revised gu, gwi, McCune–Reischauer ku, kwi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

勾: Hán Nôm readings: câu, cấu, cú

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