Kanji Detail for 勾 - "hook, bend, catch"

勾

Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
勾 means "hook, bend, catch."
1. Hook - A curved catching device.
2. Bend - To curve; to angle.
3. Arrest - To capture; to detain.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

be bent; slope; capture

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

hook, join, connect; entice

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Gou

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to hook, to join, to connect; to entice

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Curved. 勾股: A mathematical term. The two perpendicular sides of a right triangle: the horizontal is called 勾, the vertical is called 股. | To mark. Making a symbol on text. Such as marking paragraphs and deletions. Removing is also called 勾. Such as 一筆勾消 (cancel with one stroke). | To hook and take. Such as enticing is called 勾引. Today's 勾攝, 勾取 meaning to arrest originate from this.
Onyomi

koh(こう)
Kunyomi

ma.garu(まがる)

tora.eru(とらえる)
Strokes

4 strokes
Radical

勹 (tsutsumigamae)
Related Keywords
hook bend curve angle catch snare arrest detain capture seize grab connect link fasten L-shape crook bracket mark punctuation inclination