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The character '勾' derives from an early pictorial representation of a hook, with its composition combining the wrapping radical '勹' and the element '厶' to imply a curved or enclosed form. Its traditional variant '鉤' adds the metal radical '金' to denote a physical hook made of metal. While initially conveying the concrete idea of a hook, the meaning of '勾' gradually broadened to include verbal senses such as to attract, to link, or to cancel, demonstrating how its application evolved from describing objects to encompassing actions and relationships in language.
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他用铅笔勾画轮廓。
请勾选出正确的选项。
这些回忆勾起了我的乡愁。
他们暗中勾结，谋取私利。
这个计划勾画出美好的未来。
不要被表面的利益勾住了魂。
那首歌的旋律勾起了昔日的恋情。
调查员试图从线索中勾出事件的真相。