| 勾 | gōu | to attract; to arouse; to tick; to strike out; to delineate; to collude; variant of 钩, hook |
| 勾 | gòu | affair; to reach for (with hand) |
| 勾结 | gōu jié | to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with |
| 勾股定理 | gōu gǔ dìng lǐ | Pythagorean theorem |
| 勾当 | gòu dàng | shady business |
| 勾芡 | gōu qiàn | to thicken with cornstarch |
| 勾引 | gōu yǐn | to seduce; to tempt |
| 勾心斗角 | gōu xīn dòu jiǎo | (in palace construction) center hook and corner link; locked in constant strife (idiom) |
| 勾画 | gōu huà | blueprinted |
| 勾人 | gōu rén | sexy; seductive |
| 勾划 | gōu huà | to sketch; to delineate |
| 勾勒 | gōu lè | to draw the outline of; to outline; to sketch; to delineate contours of; to give a brief account of |
| 勾手 | gōu shǒu | hook shot |
| 勾拳 | gōu quán | hook (punch in boxing) |
| 勾搭 | gōu da | to gang up; to fool around with; to make up to |
| 勾栏 | gōu lán | brothel; theater; carved balustrade |
| 勾玉 | gōu yù | magatama (Japanese curved beads) |
| 勾留 | gōu liú | to stay; to stop over; to break one's journey |
| 勾缝 | gōu fèng | to point a brick wall; to grout a tiled surface |
| 勾起 | gōu qǐ | to evoke; to induce; to call to mind; to pick up with a hook |
| 勾践 | Gōu Jiàn | King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 |
| 勾销 | gōu xiāo | to write off; to cancel |
| 勾阑 | gōu lán | variant of 勾栏 |
