拷
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
形声。「手」 + 音符「考」。「うつ」を意味する漢語｛拷｝を表す字。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
torture, beat
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ゴウJHS
- Other languages
- 拼音kao3
- 한글go
- Hán-ViệtKhảo
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 9 strokes
- Radical
- 手(て)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+62F7
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌考
Words using this kanji
- 拷問ごうもん肉体に苦痛を加え自白を強要すること。torture
- 拷器ごうき罪人などを拷問する際に使用する器具。instruments of torture
- 拷訊ごうじん拷問にかけて訊問すること。torture
- 拷責ごうせき拷問すること。torture
- 拷問具ごうもんぐtorture device, instrument of torture
- 拷問台ごうもんだいrack (torture device)
- 拷問禁止条約ごうもんきんしじょうやくUnited Nations Convention Against Torture (1987)
- 拷問等禁止条約ごうもんとうきんしじょうやくUnited Nations Convention Against Torture (1987)
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
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Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-3-6- Four Corner
5402.7- Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c6.2- Heisig
- 1344
- Nelson
- 1895