Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

to cancel; to delineate; hook; affair; to reach for (with hand)

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “gou” becomes a different word in each tone. 勾 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 勾结gōu jiéto collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with
  • 勾画gōu huàto sketch out; to delineate
  • 勾人gōu rénsexy; seductive
  • 勾出gōu chūto delineate; to articulate; to evoke; to draw out
  • 勾当gòu dàngshady business

Example Sentence

请把正确的答案勾出来。Qǐng bǎ zhèng què de dá àn gōu chū lái.Please tick the correct answer.

Qǐngto ask(marks the object)正确zhèng quècorrectdeof答案dá ànanswer勾出gōu chūto delineateláito come