• 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.

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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  • 75th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.22% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 247 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (qi3)to rise • to raise • to get up • to set out • to start • to appear • to launch • to initiate (action) • to draft • to establish • to get (from a depot or counter) • verb suffix, to start • (before place or time) starting from • classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance • classifier for groups: batch, group

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (qi3)The component is pronounced as '' (ji3). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

一起 
在一起 
发起 (發起)
起来 (起來)
起床 

Uncommon

了不起 
升起 
对不起 (對不起)
引起 
想起 
拿起 
提起 
早起 
比起 
说起 (說起)
起伏 
起码 (起碼)
起身 
起飞 (起飛)
起点 (起點)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.