勾

gōu

HSK 7-93 readings

“To attract” in Chinese is 勾 (gōu).

Other characters with the syllable gou: see all 7 →

Meaning

to attract
to arouse
to tick

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to strike out
to delineate
to collude
surname Gou
variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook
used in 勾當|勾当[gou4 dang4]

Example

在这个时候，体育世界应当减少犯罪组织的勾结。

The sports world should, at this time, eliminate the collusion with criminal organizations.

From 勾结 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

gōusurname Gou / to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩, hook
gòuused in 勾當|勾当

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Words containing 勾

勾画gōuhuàto sketch outHSK 7-9 勾结gōujiéto collude withHSK 7-9

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