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鉤

简钩 · 繁鉤

Mandarin · pinyin gōu

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钩: gōu · hook, barb; sickle; stroke with

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1 · gou1

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gau1 · ngau1

Cantonese word readings for 鉤. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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hook; barb (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
(obsolete) sickle
checkmark (Classifier: 個／个 m)
to hook
to crochet
to sew with large stitches
(literary) to investigate
(Chinese calligraphy) a stroke with a hook (such as in ㇠, ㇆, ㇚, or ㇟)
(regional, card games) jack (J)

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