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咎

咎 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. とが。、罪、欠点。あやまち。
  2. とがめる。せめる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

原字（「处」と書かれる部分）は「夊（向かってくる足）」+「人」で構成され、災いが降ってくるさまを象る。羨符「口」を加えて「咎」の字形となる。「わざわい」を意味する漢語｛咎｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

blame, censure, reprimand

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キュウ
  • コウ
Kun (native)
  • とが(める)
  • とが
Other languages
  • 拼音jiu4
  • 한글gu
  • 한글go
  • Hán-ViệtCữu
  • Hán-ViệtCao

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+548E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱处口

Words using this kanji

  • 咎めるとがめるto blame, to reproach, to censure, to rebuke
  • 咎とがerror, mistake, fault, sin
  • 咎人とがにん罪をした人。offender, criminal
  • 咎めとがめ「とがめ」の漢字表記。blame, censure, rebuke, reproof
  • 咎め立てとがめだてfault-finding, carping

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(11 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-5-3
Four Corner
2860.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d5.15
Heisig
2278
Nelson
908