Learn Chinese Characters 143 勾

勾




Originally the character "勾" is another writing form of the character "句", which means "bending" or "winding". Later, the character "句" was mainly used to refer to "a sentence" or "sentences", and then the character "勾" is used to refer to "bending" or "winding". It also could be used as a verb, which means to "seduce".

The character "勾" is a radical which has something to do with ""bending" or "winding" when it forms combined characters.

A Test: Could you find the part meaning "bending" or "winding" in the following characters?
购 沟 钩 构


Useful Phrases:
勾引 (gōu yǐn)  to seduce