鈎

12 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

hook, barb, gaff, brackets

Kun'yomi
  • かぎ
    		hook ②hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
On'yomi
  • コウ
  • ク

Main Radical

金(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

かぎ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

hook, barb, gaff
かぎ　コウ　ク (Kentei 1)
gold
キン　きむ　かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン　すべ.て　まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
to divide
be bent, slope, capture
コウ　ま.がる　ク (11th)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)

References

Unicode hex code 920E
JIS X 0208 1-19-35
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4821
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6226
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 40220
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8a5.17
Four corner code 8712.0