鉤
鉤

hook, barb, gaff, brackets

13 strokes

On

コウク

Kun

かぎはりばり

Dictionary

Common Words

針はり鉤鈎Freq #3448
1

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.
8

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
1

hook

Examples
彼は上着を鉤にかけた。
He hung his coat on a hook.
2

Abbreviation

hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)

釣り針釣針つりばり釣り鉤NounFreq #40613
1

fish hook

Examples
彼は釣り針に生き餌をつけた。
He put live bait on a hook.
ハリスはりす鉤素針素NounUsually kanaFreq #52125
1

Fishing

leader; trace; cast; snell

きいちご木苺木莓懸鉤子木いちごキイチゴNounUsually kanaFreq #59422
1

raspberry (any plant of genus Rubus, esp. Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus)

鉤状鈎状こうじょうかぎじょうNoun～の Adj.Freq #87269
1

hooklike; hook-shaped; unciform

高欄勾欄鉤欄こうらんNounFreq #87563
1

Architecture

railing; handrail; balustrade

2

高欄 only

armrest (chair)

かぎ針かぎばり鉤針NounFreq #94537
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hook; crochet hook; crochet needle

小鉤鞐こはぜNounFreq #100147
1

clasp

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