• 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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  • 236th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 223 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiē (jie1)to bear fruit • to produce • firm • solid
2. jié (jie2)knot • sturdy • bond • to tie • to bind • to check out (of a hotel)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiē (jie1)The component is pronounced as '' (ji2). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for jié (jie2)The component is pronounced as '' (ji2). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

纠结 (糾結)
结婚 (結婚)
结局 (結局)
结束 (結束)
结果 (結果)
总结 (總結)

Uncommon

了结 (了結)
冻结 (凍結)
凝结 (凝結)
团结 (團結)
完结 (完結)
巴结 (巴結)
张灯结彩 (張燈結彩)
心结 (心結)
情结 (情結)
终结 (終結)
终结者 (終結者)
结交 (結交)
结伴 (結伴)
结冰 (結冰)
结出 (結出)
结合 (結合)
结婚证 (結婚證)
结实 (結實)
结尾 (結尾)
结晶 (結晶)
结构 (結構)
结石 (結石)
结算 (結算)
结论 (結論)
结识 (結識)
结账 (結賬)
集结 (集結)

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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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