勾 — be bent, slope, capture

こう勾 be bent

こう

U+52FE Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Heisig #800 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

be bent
slope
capture

Readings

On'yomi: こう kou く ku
Kun'yomi: かぎ kagi ま ma

word

こう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

勾(こう) 配(ばい) koubai slope

Words by frequency and grade

1 word

Each dot is a word containing 勾: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 1 word has no frequency rank; it sits in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

勹 wrapping

厶 private

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#20 勹 wrap