鈎
鈎

hook, barb, gaff, brackets

12 strokes

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コウク

Kun

かぎ

Dictionary

Common Words

針はり鉤鈎Freq #3448
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Common noun

needle; pin

Examples
針で親指を突いてしまった。
I pricked my thumb with a needle.
2

Common noun

hook

Examples
変な魚が針にかかっている。
A strange fish is on the hook.
3

Common noun

stinger; thorn

Examples
彼女は時計の針を10分進ませた。
She advanced the hand ten minutes.
4

Common noun

hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

5

Common noun

staple (for a stapler)

6

Common noun

needlework; sewing

7

Common noun

malice

Examples
怪我自体はなん針か縫う程度だそうです。
Apparently the wound itself only needs a few stitches.
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Counter; Noun, used as a suffix

counter for stitches

鉤爪カギ爪かぎ爪鈎爪かぎづめ (鉤爪/かぎ爪/鈎爪)カギづめ (カギ爪)かぎつめ (鉤爪/かぎ爪/鈎爪)NounFreq #22504
1

claw; talon

Examples
その鋭いかぎ爪を開いては閉じ、開いては閉じ始めた。
Its sharp claws began to open and close, open and close.
鉤鈎かぎNounFreq #40053
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hook

Examples
彼は上着を鉤にかけた。
He hung his coat on a hook.
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Abbreviation

hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)

鉤状鈎状こうじょうかぎじょうNoun~の Adj.Freq #87269
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hooklike; hook-shaped; unciform

鉤鼻かぎ鼻鈎鼻かぎばなかぎはなNounFreq #104639
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hooked nose

毛鉤毛針毛ばり毛バリけばり毛鈎NounFreq #110135
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Fishing

(artificial) fly; fly lure

鉤型鉤形鈎型鈎形かぎがたNoun~の Adj.Freq #128334
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hook-shaped; bent at a right angle

カギカッコカギ括弧鉤括弧かぎかっこ鍵括弧鈎括弧NounUsually kanaFreq #173215
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square brackets; Japanese-style quotation marks

勾股弦鈎股弦こうこげんNounFreq #180196
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Rare term

three sides of right triangle (minor cathetus, major cathetus and hypotenuse)

引目鉤鼻引目鈎鼻ひきめかぎばなひきめかぎはなNounFreq #310591
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style of drawing the human face, popular in the Heian period

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