Kanji

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: hook, barb, gaff, brackets

Kunyomi: かぎ はり ばり

Onyomi: コウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: metal, gold

Examples

Onyomi Examples

コウジョウ hooklike, hook-shaped, unciform

コウチュウ hookworm

Kunyomi Examples

かぎ hook, hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)

かぎ括弧 かぎかっこ square bracket, Japanese-style quotation marks

自在 じざいかぎ pothook (for hanging a pot, etc. over a fire)

ひっかけ ひっかけかぎ grappling hook, grappling iron

はり needle, pin, hook, stinger, thorn, hand (e.g. clock, etc.), pointer, staple (for a stapler), needlework, sewing, malice, counter for stitches

はりす snell (fishing), leader, trace, cast

蚊針 かばり fishing fly

けばり (fishing) fly, lure, artificial fly