4 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

be bent, slope, capture

Kun'yomi
  • かぎ
  • がる
On'yomi
  • コウ
Nanori
  • まがり

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

コウ 95.3%
がる 4.7%

Character Breakdown

be bent, slope, capture
コウ ま.がる ク (11th)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)

Contained In

Common Words

slope ②slope (of a linear function) ③gradient (vector calculus)
detention pending trial
three sides of right triangle (minor cathetus, major cathetus and hypotenuse)
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References

Unicode hex code 52FE
JIS X 0208 1-24-91
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 741
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 568
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2942
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3660
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2546
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2148
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 800
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 168
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 2500
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1734
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 0a4.8
Four corner code 2772.0