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勾

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: gao1
POJ: kau
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

verb: to hook, to entice, to cross out
勾

The character has many disparate senses (to bend/hook, to draw, to tick or cross out, to entice, to collude, to thicken a sauce, a geometry term, a numeral, a surname) sharing one reading; the gloss keeps only the most common general senses.

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