勾 (gōu)
to hook; to tick off; to induce
How 勾 is written
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 勹 — wrap
- Traditional
- 勾
- Simplified
- 勾 (unchanged)
Components
- 勹 wrap
- 厶 private
勾 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- gōu
- surname Gou
- gòu
- affair; to reach for (with hand)
Common words using 勾
- 勾引 gōuyǐn
- to seduce; to tempt
- 勾起 gōuqǐ
- to evoke; to induce; to call to mind
- 勾勒 gōulè
- to draw the outline of; to outline; to sketch
- 勾心鬥角 gōuxīndòujiǎo
- (in palace construction) center hook and corner link; locked in constant strife (idiom)
- 勾搭 gōuda
- to gang up; to fool around with; to make up to
- 勾結 gōujié
- to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with
- 勾芡 gōuqiàn
- to thicken with cornstarch
- 一筆勾銷 yībǐgōuxiāo
- to write off at one stroke
- 勾三搭四 gōusāndāsì
- to make hanky-panky; to seduce women
- 勾人 gōurén
- sexy; seductive
- 勾兌 gōuduì
- to blend various types of wine (or spirits, or fruit juices etc)
- 勾出 gōuchū
- to delineate; to articulate; to evoke
勾 in a sentence
請在菜單上勾選你要的項目。
Qǐng zài càidān shàng gōuxuǎn nǐ yào de xiàngmù.
“Please tick the items you want on the menu.”
How common is 勾?
勾 is the 2,030th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 97.2% of all running text.
Characters that appear with 勾
Master 勾 and 5,000 others.
Flashcards and Writing Practice. Every single character in A Course in Contemporary Chinese 當代中文課程.
勾
Start Learning
Flashcard Add to your deck