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(bird species of China) red-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps)
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
suspended hook / hanging hook / hanger
(bird species of China) Tahiti petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata)
barb / (football) bicycle kick; overhead kick
(bird species of China) black-necklaced scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys erythrocnemis)
steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
fishhook
to explore / to investigate / to audit (accounts, books etc)
(boxing) hook
(bird species of China) grey-sided scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys swinhoei)
to tick / to check / tick mark / check mark
to couple; to link; to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與|与 + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc); to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc); to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth); latch hook; coupling
HSK 7-9
to hook onto / to hitch onto / to catch onto
crochet hook / crochet needle
(of fish) to bite; to take the bait
(downwards-right concave hooked character stroke)
to take the bait
horizontal stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
hook
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鉤* | 鉤* | *鉤
to hook / to sew / to crochet / hook / check mark or tick / window catch
HSK 7-9
to cut ties / to disconnect / out of touch
a hook / to make contact with sb
(bird species of China) streak-breasted scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis)
(bird species of China) Taiwan scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus musicus)
to crochet
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
tapeworm (Taenia solium)
steelyard hook
window hook / window latch
(dialect) unfinished business / trailing sound
stroke in Chinese characters
beef tapeworm
leptospirosis
(dialect) to leave unfinished business
to make a pinky promise
heartbreak grass (Gelsemium elegans)
shackle (U-shaped link)
(bird species of China) large woodshrike (Tephrodornis virgatus)
boathook
(bird species of China) rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys erythrogenys)
fishhook
iron hook at the end a long pole
clothes hook
erhua form of 釣鉤|钓钩
(of sth sharp) to snag (one's stockings etc)
to crochet
hook
HSK 7-9
steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
stroke in Chinese characters
vertical stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
(bird species of China) large scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys hypoleucos)
aquiline nose / Roman nose
erhua variant of 掛鉤|挂钩
erhua variant of 上鉤|上钩
erhua variant of 衣鉤|衣钩
(bird species of China) black-streaked scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys gravivox)
(bird species of China) black-crowned scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus ferruginosus)
erhua variant of 後鉤|后钩
variant of 魚鉤|鱼钩
erhua variant of 鉤|钩
erhua variant of 魚鉤|鱼钩


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