勾践

Traditional form:

勾踐

Pinyin (reading):

Gōu Jiàn

Definitions:

• King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸

Characters:

• 勾 - to hook, to join, to connect; to entice
• 践 - to trample, to tread on, to walk over

Traditional characters:

• 勾 - to hook, to join, to connect; to entice
• 踐 - to trample, to tread on, to walk over