Kanji
鈎
kanji character
hook
barb
gaff
brackets
鈎 kanji-鈎 hook, barb, gaff, brackets
鈎
Meaning
hook barb gaff
Readings
Kun'yomi
- かぎ ばな hooked nose
- かぎ づめ claw
- かぎ がた hook-shaped
On'yomi
- こう ちゅう hookworm
- こう じょう hooklike
- こう こげん three sides of right triangle (minor cathetus, major cathetus and hypotenuse)
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Practice Writing
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Component Analysis
Common Words
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鈎 hook, hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark) -
鈎 虫 hookworm -
鈎 鼻 hooked nose -
鈎 爪 claw, talon -
鈎 型 hook-shaped, bent at a right angle -
鈎 形 hook-shaped, bent at a right angle -
鈎 状 hooklike, hook-shaped, unciform -
鈎 なりhooklike, hook-shaped, unciform -
毛 鈎 (artificial) fly, fly lure -
鈎 括 弧 square bracket, Japanese-style quotation marks -
鈎 股 弦 three sides of right triangle (minor cathetus, major cathetus and hypotenuse) -
鈎 股 弦 の定 理 Pythagorean theorem -
引 目 鈎 鼻 style of drawing the human face, popular in the Heian period