Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: be bent, slope, capture

Kunyomi: かぎ ま.がる

Onyomi: コウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: wrap, embrace

Examples

Onyomi Examples

コウバイ slope, incline, gradient, grade, pitch, slope (of a linear function), gradient (vector calculus)

コウイン arrest, custody, apprehending, abduction