打勾

打

dǎ

勾

go̅u

to check / to tick / (old) to buy

Characters and words in 打勾

打

dá = d + a2

dozen (loanword)

打

dǎ = d + a3

to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from

打 = 丁 + 扌 : Don Quixote (d) got lost in the ashram (a3) and is afraid of being beaten (打). He equips himself with a claw (扌) for the left hand and a nail (丁) for the right hand, ready to beat (打) anyone approaching him.

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