钓
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to fish with a hook and line; to angle
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 金 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 釣
- Common rank
- #2,145
- Unicode
- U+9493
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 钓 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A metal 钅 hook 勺; 勺 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
go fishin’ · Heisig RSH #282
金 gold + 勺 ladle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 钓
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 放长线钓大鱼 | use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns | |
| 太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 | Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing … | |
| 任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台 | lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom); fig. to stay calm in a… | |
| 姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 | Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fish… | |
| 钓鱼台 | Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them… | |
| 钓鱼式攻击 | (computing) phishing attack | |
| 钓鱼岛 | Diaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also call… | |
| 钓鱼执法 | (law) entrapment | |
| 稳坐钓鱼台 | lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom); fig. to stay calm in a… | |
| 钓鱼杆 | variant of 釣魚竿|钓鱼竿[diao4 yu2 gan1] | |
| 海钓 | sea angling | |
| 钓钩儿 | erhua form of 釣鉤|钓钩[diao4 gou1] | |
| 钓鱼 | to fish (with line and hook); to angle; (fig.) to entrap; (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's hea… | |
| 钓凯子 | (slang) (of women) to hunt for rich, attractive guys | |
| 钓客 | angler | |
| 冰钓 | ice fishing | |
| 野钓 | wild angling | |
| 钓针 | fishhook | |
| 钓具 | fishing tackle | |
| 钓杆 | variant of 釣竿|钓竿[diao4 gan1] |