| 钩 | gōu | to hook; to sew; to crochet; hook; check mark or tick; window catch; arb |
| 吊钩 | diào gōu | suspended hook; hanging hook; hanger |
| 挂钩 | guà gōu | hook (on which to hang sth); to couple; to link together; to establish contact with; hook; coupling links (e.g. between two railway coaches) |
| 钩子 | gōu zi | hook |
| 上钩 | shàng gōu | to take the bait |
| 上钩儿 | shàng gōur | erhua variant of 上钩 |
| 倒钩 | dào gōu | barb; bicycle kick, or overhead kick (football) |
| 咬钩 | yǎo gōu | to bite |
太公钓鱼，
愿者上钩 | tài gōng diào yú ,
yuàn zhě shàng gōu | Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose |
| 后钩 | hòu gōu | unfinished business |
| 后钩儿 | hòu gōur | erhua variant of 后钩 |
| 打钩 | dǎ gōu | to tick; to check; tick mark; check mark |
| 拉钩 | lā gōu | pinky swear |
| 挂钩儿 | guà gōur | erhua variant of 挂钩 |
| 搭钩 | dā gōu | a hook; to make contact with sb |
| 挠钩 | náo gōu | iron hook at the end a long pole |
| 斜钩 | xié gōu | (downwards-right concave hooked character stroke) |
| 有钩绦虫 | yǒu gōu tāo chóng | tapeworm (Taenia solium) |
| 横斜钩 | héng xié gōu | ⺄ stroke in Chinese characters |
| 横钩 | héng gōu | horizontal stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters) |
| 渔钩 | yú gōu | variant of 鱼钩 |
| 渔钩儿 | yú gōur | variant of 鱼钩儿 |
| 无钩绦虫 | wú gōu tāo chóng | beef tapeworm |
| 窗钩 | chuāng gōu | window hook; window latch |
窃国者侯，
窃钩者诛 | qiè guó zhě hóu ,
qiè gōu zhě zhū | steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 庄子) |
窃钩者诛，
窃国者侯 | qiè gōu zhě zhū ,
qiè guó zhě hóu | steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 庄子) |
| 脱钩 | tuō gōu | to cut ties; to disconnect; out of touch |
姜太公钓鱼，
愿者上钩 | Jiāng tài gōng diào yú ,
yuàn zhě shàng gōu | Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose |
| 衣裳钩儿 | yī shang gōur | clothes hook |
| 衣钩 | yī gōu | clothes hook |
| 衣钩儿 | yī gōur | erhua variant of 衣钩 |
| 竖弯钩 | shù wān gōu | 乚 stroke in Chinese characters |
| 竖钩 | shù gōu | vertical stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters) |
| 钓钩 | diào gōu | fishhook |
| 钓钩儿 | diào gōur | erhua variant of 钓钩 |
| 钩稽 | gōu jī | to explore; to investigate; to audit (accounts, books etc); o explore |
| 钩住 | gōu zhù | to hook onto; to hitch onto; to catch onto |
| 钩儿 | gōur | erhua variant of 钩 |
| 钩心斗角 | gōu xīn dòu jiǎo | variant of 勾心斗角 |
| 钩扣 | gōu kòu | hook |
| 钩端螺旋体病 | gōu duān luó xuán tǐ bìng | leptospirosis |
| 钩编 | gōu biān | to crochet |
| 钩花 | gōu huā | to crochet |
| 钩头篙 | gōu tóu gāo | boathook |
| 铁钩 | tiě gōu | iron hook |
| 铁钩儿 | tiě gōur | erhua variant of 铁钩 |
| 鱼钩 | yú gōu | fishhook |
| 鱼钩儿 | yú gōur | erhua variant of 鱼钩 |
