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Kanji Detail for 鉤 - "hook, fishhook, sickle, belt clasp, catch"
鉤
- Meaning
鉤 means "hook, fishhook, sickle, belt clasp, catch."
Hook - A curved metal tool.
Fishhook - A hook for catching fish.
Sickle - A curved cutting tool.
Belt clasp - A fastener for a belt.
Catch - To hook onto.
Extract - To take out.
Bend - To curve.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
hook; barb; gaff; brackets
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
hook, barb; sickle; stroke with
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to hook; to sew; to crochet; hook; check mark or tick; window catch
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
hook, barb, sickle; to hook, to link
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A tool. Curved with the sharp end pointing inward. Used either for hanging things or pulling things. | A belt hook. The Mencius says: "Would one compare a hook of gold?" | A farming tool. The sickle was anciently also called 刈鉤. | A fishing tool. As in 鉤鉺 (hook and bait). 鉤 refers to the fishing hook. | All things shaped like hooks are called 鉤. As in 鉤吻 (hooked mouth), 鉤爪 (hooked claws), and in calligraphy, 銀鉤鐵畫 (silver hooks and iron strokes) and the like. | Obtaining difficult-to-obtain things is called 鉤. 鉤深致遠 (fishing in deep waters to reach far) is found in the Book of Changes. It means things in deep places can be hooked out, a metaphor for investigating principles. Also, Zhao Guanghan of Han was skilled in 鉤距 (indirect questioning) to get at the facts, meaning in hearing cases he could hook out the hidden truth. | To draw in. Drawing people to be fellow partisans is called 鉤黨. The expression is found in the Book of Later Han.
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