Kanji

What does the kanji 拷 mean?

拷 means torture, beating. On'yomi ゴウ.

Quick facts
On'yomiゴウ
Strokes9
Main radical手
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
On'yomi ゴウ
N1 · estimated, JLPT framework9 strokes

torture, beating

Memory hook

The hand (扌) ill-treating the old one (老) to force a confession — TORTURE.

Main radical

手hand 4 strokes

Stroke order · 9 strokes

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English meanings, On/Kun readings, stroke counts: KANJIDIC2 — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Components: KRADFILE (EDRDG). Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel), licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. Mnemonics written by GoMe.

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