勾 — be bent, slope, capture

こう勾 be bent

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 4 strokes

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.

Meanings

be bent
slope
capture

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

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