鉤
hook; barb; gaff; brackets
13 strokes.
Readings
- かぎ (kun reading): 鉤爪 (かぎづめ) claw; 鉤十字 (かぎじゅうじ) swastika (in its clockwise form, esp. as a Nazi symbol)
- コウ (on reading): 鉤頭虫 (こうとうちゅう) thorny-headed worm (any parasitic worm of phylum Acanthocephala); 鉤虫 (こうちゅう) hookworm
- ク (on reading)
- はり (kun reading): 擬餌鉤 (ぎじばり) artificial fly
- ばり (kun reading)
- Read as a whole word: 小鉤 (こはぜ) clasp
Components
Words using 鉤
- 鉤爪 (かぎづめ) claw
- 鉤十字 (かぎじゅうじ) swastika (in its clockwise form, esp. as a Nazi symbol)
- 鉤 (かぎ) hook
- 鉤鼻 (かぎばな) hooked nose
- 鉤形 (かぎがた) hook-shaped
- 鉤頭虫 (こうとうちゅう) thorny-headed worm (any parasitic worm of phylum Acanthocephala)
- 鉤虫 (こうちゅう) hookworm
- 有鉤条虫 (ゆうこうじょうちゅう) pork tapeworm (Taenia solium)
- 単鉤法 (たんこうほう) in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger
- 双鉤法 (そうこうほう) in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and the index and middle fingers
- 擬餌鉤 (ぎじばり) artificial fly
- 小鉤 (こはぜ) clasp
- 鉤 (ち) fishing hook
29 words in all.