| 勾心斗角 | gōu xīn dòu jiǎo | to fight and scheme against each other (idiom) / (in palace construction) elaborate and refined | 
| 勾 | Gōu | surname Gou | 
| 勾 | gōu | to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 钩, hook | 
| 勾 | gòu | used in 勾当 | 
| 心 | xīn | heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:颗,个 | 
| 斗 | Dǒu | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星 | 
| 斗 | dǒu | dry measure for grain equal to ten 升 or one-tenth of a 石 / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡 | 
| 斗 | dòu | to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together | 
| 斗 | dòu | variant of 斗 | 
| 斗 | dòu | variant of 斗 | 
| 斗 | dòu | variant of 斗 | 
| 角 | Jué | surname Jue | 
| 角 | jiǎo | angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL:个 | 
| 角 | jué | role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale |