勾

勾
go̅u = g + ou1
surname Gou
勾 = 勹 + 厶 : The elephant (勹) has Guy Fawkes (g) draw (勾) a cartoon (勾) of him in front of the outhouse (ou1). He told Guy to make his trunk prettier, so instead of a trunk Guy draws a big fake nose (厶).
勾
go̅u = g + ou1
to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook
勾 = 勹 + 厶 : The elephant (勹) has Guy Fawkes (g) draw (勾) a cartoon (勾) of him in front of the outhouse (ou1). He told Guy to make his trunk prettier, so instead of a trunk Guy draws a big fake nose (厶).
勾
gòu = g + ou4
see 勾當|勾当[gou4 dang4]

勾 character breakdown

勹
ba̅o = b + ao1
archaic variant of 包[bao1]
勹 = 丿 + ㇆ : 勹 looks like an elephant: 丿 looks like the edge of the ear and ㇆ looks like the head and trunk.

Beelzebub (b) rides an elephant in front of the aorta (ao1), turning the soil with a plow (㇆). Lots of bananas (丿) are revealed in the turned earth.
厶
mǒu = m + ou3
old variant of 某[mou3]
厶
si̅ = s + Ø1
old variant of 私[si1]
Mnemonic symbol: a fake nose. Socrates (s) is wearing his fake nose (厶) in outer space, in front of the space station (Ø1).

Characters with 勾 as component

构
搆
gòu = g + ou4
variant of 構|构[gou4] / (Tw) (coll.) variant of 夠|够[gou4] / to reach by stretching
构 = 勾 + 木 : Guy Fawkes (g) wants to measure the crystal structure (构) of the Christmas tree (木) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), so he first draws a comic (勾) to find which would be the optimal crystallization superstructure.
构
構
gòu = g + ou4
to construct / to form / to make up / to compose / literary composition / paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
构 = 勾 + 木 : Guy Fawkes (g) wants to measure the crystal structure (构) of the Christmas tree (木) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), so he first draws a comic (勾) to find which would be the optimal crystallization superstructure.
购
購
gòu = g + ou4
to buy / to purchase
购 = 勾 + 贝 : The crab (贝) is buying (购) Guy Fawkes' (g) cartoons (勾) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4).
沟
溝
go̅u = g + ou1
ditch / gutter / groove / gully / ravine / CL:道[dao4]
沟 = 勾 + 氵 : In front of the outhouse (ou1) Guy Fawkes (g) drew (勾) a photo-realistic comic (勾) of an open gully (沟) on the floor. The people are afraid to step onto it because it looks so real. They only start to believe Guy Fawkes that it's not as he spills a bottle of water (氵) over his chalk painting.
钩
鈎
go̅u = g + ou1
variant of 鉤|钩[gou1]
钩 = 勾 + 钅 : Guy Fawkes (g) wants to break into the outhouse. In front of the outhouse (ou1) he draws (勾) a window catch (钩) onto the glass with a golden harpoon (钅) so he can open the window.
钩
鉤
go̅u = g + ou1
to hook / to sew / to crochet / hook / check mark or tick / window catch
钩 = 勾 + 钅 : Guy Fawkes (g) wants to break into the outhouse. In front of the outhouse (ou1) he draws (勾) a window catch (钩) onto the glass with a golden harpoon (钅) so he can open the window.

Words with 勾

勾
引
to seduce / to tempt
勾
搭
to gang up / to fool around with / to make up to
勾
勾
画
畫
to sketch out / to delineate
勾
勾
心
心
斗
鬥
角
角
to fight and scheme against each other (idiom) / (in palace construction) elaborate and refined
勾
勒
to draw the outline of / to outline / to sketch / to delineate contours of / to give a brief account of
勾
股
定
理
Pythagorean theorem
勾
勾
销
銷
to write off / to cancel
勾
勾
阑
闌
variant of 勾欄|勾栏[gou1 lan2]
勾
起
to evoke / to induce / to call to mind / to pick up with a hook
勾
勾
践
踐
King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
勾
勾
连
連
to be linked together / to be involved with / to collude / interconnection / involvement / collusion
勾
勾
选
選
to select (one or more options from a list) / to check (a box)

Sentences with 勾

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