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勾 = 勹 + 厶
勾 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “hooked”. It is built from 勹 (bound up) and 厶 (elbow). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 800.
- Keyword
- hooked
- RTK frame
- 800
- Strokes
- 4
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- コウ, ク
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かぎ, ま.がる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- be bent, зацепленный
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 勾 hook
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 勾 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “bound up” + “elbow”. 勾 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 勾 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.