The kanji 勾: meaning, readings and stroke order

勾

Meaning: bend, hook
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 4
Radical: 勹 wrap, embrace
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cong, móc (câu)
Japanese: まがる。ひっかける。
Korean: 굽다, 걸다 (구)
Chinese: 弯曲、钩

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading · less common

勾こう配ばい
slope, gradient
きつい 勾こう配ばいのさかです。
This is a steep slope.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.