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    3. 鉤

    鉤

    鉤かぎ

    hook

    NTCore ConceptsKanji13 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    かぎはりばり

    On'yomi

    コウク

    hookbarbgaffbrackets

    金句

    金
    丿
    勹
    口

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    鈷鋭鉛鈎釣鉄釦鈞鉛銘鉐銛鐓鈎鉞釣鈍鈞鉋鉄鉚

    Alternative forms of this concept

    釒

    Concepts using this kanji

    鉤手海月

    clinging jellyfish (Gonionemus vertens)

    自在鉤

    pothook (for hanging a pot, etc. over a fire)

    鉤十字

    swastika (in its clockwise form, esp. as a Nazi symbol)

    鉤頭動物

    acanthocephales

    単鉤法

    in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger

    鉤頭動物門

    Acanthocephala (phylum of thorny-headed worms)

    手鉤

    short gaff

    鉤の手

    right-angled bend

    小鉤

    clasp

    双鉤法

    in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and the index and middle fingers

    有鉤条虫

    pork tapeworm (Taenia solium)

    引目鉤鼻

    style of drawing the human face, popular in the Heian period

    鉤状

    hooklike

    有鉤条虫症

    taeniasis

    鉤型

    hook-shaped

    鉤頭虫類

    acanthocephalans

    鉤頭虫

    thorny-headed worm (any parasitic worm of phylum Acanthocephala)

    鉤素

    leader

    鉤虫症

    hookworm disease

    毛鉤

    (artificial) fly

    鉤虫

    hookworm

    ズビニ鉤虫

    old world hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale)

    アメリカ鉤虫

    New World hookworm (Necator americanus)

    鉤鼻

    hooked nose

    符鉤

    tail (of a note)

    鉤爪

    claw

    ひっかけ鉤

    grappling hook

    鉤ホック

    hook and eye (clothing fastener)

    鉤

    hook

    擬餌鉤

    artificial fly

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 丿
    • 勹
    • 口
    • 金

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    • 鉤
    • 手鉤
    • 鉤十字
    • 鉤の手
    • 鉤虫
    • 鉤鼻
    • 自在鉤
    • 有鉤条虫
    • 毛鉤
    • 小鉤
    • 鉤素
    • 単鉤法
    • 双鉤法
    • 擬餌鉤
    • 鉤爪
    • 鉤頭虫
    • ズビニ鉤虫
    • アメリカ鉤虫
    • 引目鉤鼻
    • 鉤頭虫類
    • 鉤虫症
    • 鉤頭動物
    • 鉤頭動物門
    • ひっかけ鉤
    • 鉤ホック
    • 有鉤条虫症
    • 鉤手海月
    • 鉤型
    • 鉤状
    • 符鉤

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    • 鈷
    • 鋭
    • 鉛
    • 鈎
    • 釣
    • 鉄
    • 釦
    • 鈞
    • 銘
    • 鉐
    • 銛
    • 鐓
    • 鉞
    • 鈍
    • 鉋
    • 鉚

    Variants

    • 釒

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