• 2030th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gōu (Gou1)surname Gou
2. gōu (gou1)to attract • to arouse • to tick • to strike out • to delineate • to collude • variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook
3. gòu (gou4)affair • to reach for (with hand)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

勾引 
勾起 

Uncommon

勾兑 (勾兌)
勾勒 
勾心斗角 (勾心鬥角)
勾搭 
勾画 (勾畫)
勾结 (勾結)
勾芡 

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  • 1839th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 61 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (da1)to put up • to build (scaffolding) • to hang (clothes on a pole) • to connect • to join • to arrange in pairs • to match • to add • to throw in (resources) • to take (boat, train)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (da1)The component is pronounced as '' (da2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

Common

搭配 

Uncommon

勾搭 
搭乘 
搭建 
搭救 
搭档 (搭檔)
搭理 
搭讪 (搭訕)
搭车 (搭車)
搭载 (搭載)
混搭 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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