U+9264 "鉤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
鉤
U+9264 "鉤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that represents a hook, barb, or a curved implement used for catching, holding, or hanging objects. It is part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block, which encompasses logographic characters shared across these East Asian writing systems. In compound words, "鉤" can denote concepts such as a fishhook, a hook-shaped weapon, or a metaphorical trap, and it is also used in literary contexts to describe something attractive or enticing, as in the phrase "鉤引" (to lure). Its simplified counterpart, "钩", is more commonly used in modern Chinese texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9264 |
| 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 | 鉤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 鉤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x89 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9264 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009264 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9264 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B95F |
| kCCCII | 215D56 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6747 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6747 |
| kCangjie | CPR |
| kCantonese | ngau1 |
| kCihaiT | 1375.303 |
| kCowles | 1569 3037 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1804.030 |
| kDefinition | hook, barb; sickle; stroke with |
| kEACC | 215D56 |
| kFanqie | 古侯 |
| kFennIndex | 255.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8712.0 |
| kGSR | 0108c |
| kHangul | 구:0N |
| kHanYu | 64188.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu | gōu(42) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 64188.060:gōu,gòu,qú |
| kHKGlyph | 4244 |
| kIICore | ATJKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1804.030 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64188.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1302.080 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-5061 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B95F |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6E6C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D1B1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4F49 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6747 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6A3E |
| kJapanese | グ コウ ク かぎ かける |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | KAGI KAKERU |
| kJapaneseOn | KOU KU |
| kJis0 | 7876 |
| kKangXi | 1302.080 |
| kKarlgren | 484 |
| kKorean | KWU |
| kLau | 863 2344 |
| kMandarin | gōu |
| kMatthews | 3417 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1066 2047 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ026769 |
| kMorohashi | 40319 |
| kNelson | 4841 |
| kPhonetic | 673 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6985+167.8.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 167.5 |
| kSBGY | 214.42 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+920E<kHKGlyph,kLau,kMatthews |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "钩" U+94A9 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "𰽭" U+30F6D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 723.07 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6887 |
| kTang | gou |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | câu |
| kXerox | 322:356 |
| kXHC1983 | 0390.021:gōu |