かぎ
Meanings
Noun
1. 物を掛けたり、とめたりするのに用いる先が曲がった器具。
2. 1. のように曲がった形状。
3. 1. に長い柄のついた道具。武器、手術用器具、漁具など。
4. かぎかっこのこと。
5. 漢字の部首の一つ。亅部。はねぼう。
6. 漢字の筆画の一つ。
Kanji used
barb
Pitch accent
Top 40100
Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
claw; talon
hooklike; hook-shaped; unciform
hooked nose
ninja rope with grappling hook
swastika (in its clockwise form, esp. as a Nazi symbol)
short gaff; hand gaff; hook on a wooden handle
hook-shaped; bent at a right angle
square bracket; Japanese-style quotation marks
hook-shaped; bent at a right angle
right-angled bend
grappling hook; grappling iron
grappling hook; grappling iron
pothook (for hanging a pot, etc. over a fire)
hook and eye (clothing fastener)
velvet worm (Onychophora)
Examples (1 in total)
He hung his coat on a hook.