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ngau1
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[1] [n,v] hook; catch [2] [v] crochet; sew with large stitches [3] hooked stroke (in Chinese character) variant written form: 鈎 | variant Cantonese pronunciations: au1, gau1 (literary, original)
Additional PoS: Stroke count: 13
Level: 3
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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| 鉤 / 钩 | |
| This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 | |
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掛鉤
gwaa3 ngau1 = to link up
鉤子
ngau1 zi2 = hook 國
火鉤子
fo2 ngau1 zi2 = fire hook; poker
上鉤
soeng5 ngau1 = rise to the bait, swallow the bait, get hooked
窗鉤
coeng1 ngau1 = a window hook, a window catch
鷹鉤鼻子
jing1 ngau1 bei6 zi2 = an aquiline nose, a hooked nose
攣弓鉤鼻
lyun1 gung1 ngau1 bei6 = an aquiline nose, a hooked nose 粵 |
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Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3503/]鉤[/url][/big]
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Decimal representation of this word: 鉤
Unicode code for this character: U+9264 (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3503/]鉤[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/3503/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">鉤</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 鉤
Unicode code for this character: U+9264 (off-site link)
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- the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
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- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
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