U+920E "鈎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+920E "鈎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a kanji and hanzi character that primarily represents the concept of a "hook" or "hook-shaped object", often referencing a fishhook, a grappling hook, or a curved implement used for catching or suspending items. In written Chinese and Japanese, it appears in compound words such as "釣り鈎" (tsuribari, meaning fishhook) and carries extended metaphorical meanings related to entanglement, attraction, or drawing something in. Historically, the character derives from the metal radical "金" (gold or metal) combined with the phonetic component "句" (sentence or curve), emphasizing its connection to curved metallic tools. Its usage spans various contexts, from everyday vocabulary to classical literature, and it is commonly seen in both traditional and simplified character forms, though the simplified version is written as "钩".

General Properties

Code Point U+920E
Version Added 1.1
Name CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 鈎
HTML Hex Encoding 鈎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0x88 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0x920E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000920E
C/C++/Java Escape \u920e

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Numeric
Numeric Value 9
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

Unihan Properties

kCCCII 234245
kCNS1986 E-3F68
kCNS1992 3-3F68
kCangjie CPI
kCantonese ngau1
kCowles 1932 3038
kDaeJaweon 1801.070
kDefinition hook, barb; sickle; stroke with
kEACC 2D5D56
kFenn 225aB
kFennIndex 255.06
kFourCornerCode 8712.0
kGB1 2519
kGradeLevel 2
kHanYu 64179.060
kHKGlyph 4244
kIICore ATJHM
kIRGDaeJaweon 1801.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64179.060
kIRGKangXi 1298.140
kIRG_GSource G1-3933
kIRG_HSource H-9075
kIRG_JSource J0-3343
kIRG_KPSource KP1-7FD9
kIRG_KSource K2-6779
kIRG_TSource T3-3F68
kJapanese コウ かぎ
kJapaneseKun KAGI KAKERU
kJapaneseOn KOU KU
kJis0 1935
kKangXi 1298.140
kKarlgren 484
kLau 863 2344
kMandarin gōu
kMatthews 3417
kMeyerWempe 1082a
kMojiJoho MJ026670
kMorohashi 40220
kNelson 4821
kOtherNumeric 9
kPhonetic 584
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+1441+167.8.4
kRSUnicode 167.4
kSemanticVariant U+9264<kHKGlyph,kLau,kMatthews
kSimplifiedVariant "钩" U+94A9 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 719.10
kSMSZD2003Readings gōu粵ngau1
kTaiwanTelegraph 6869
kTotalStrokes 12
kUnihanCore2020 HJM
kXerox 255:261