钩 meaning in English

gōu

to hook; to sew

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 鉤9 strokes

Meaning of 钩

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gōu
  1. to hook
  2. to sew
  3. to crochet
  4. hook
  5. check mark or tick
  6. window catch
gōu
  1. variant of 鉤|钩[gou1]

钩 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ把bǎ我wǒ的de帽mào子zi挂guà在zài挂guà钩gōu上shàng。
I hung my hat on the peg.
把bǎ你nǐ的de外wài套tào挂guà在zài钩gōu子zi上shàng。
Hang your coat on the hook.
在zài很hěn多duō人rén的de印yìn象xiàng中zhōng,五wǔ声shēng音yīn阶jiē往wǎng往wǎng与yǔ中zhōng国guó音yīn乐yuè挂guà钩gōu。
For many individuals, the pentatonic scale is associated with Chinese music.
上shàng钩gōu了le!
Fish on!
齐qí里lǐ在zài车chē库kù里lǐ装zhuāng上shàng了le用yòng来lái挂guà园yuán艺yì工gōng具jù的de挂guà钩gōu。
Ziri put up hooks for gardening tools in the garage.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

钩 gōu · to hook · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 钩.

钩子gōuzihook
挂钩guàgōuto couple; to link; to hook together; (fig.) (preceded by 與|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establis
上钩shànggōuto take the bait
鱼钩yúgōufishhook
钩住gōuzhùto hook onto; to hitch onto

Questions about 钩

What does 钩 mean?

钩 (gōu) means "to hook; to sew" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 钩?

钩 is made of 1 character: 钩 (9 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 钩 an HSK word?

Yes. 钩 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 钩 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 钩 is written 鉤.