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咎 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「口」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
キュウ・コウきゅう・こう · kyū · kō
Kun
とが.める・とがtoga.meru · toga
Meaning
to blame; a fault

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

各 with a person: to call a deed to account — a fault.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 咎めるとがめる

    to blame; to take to task

  • 咎とが

    fault; blame

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

遅刻(ちこく)を咎(とが)められて素直(すなお)に謝(あやま)った。

Taken to task for being late, they apologized frankly.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

咎叨reckle…叭trump…叮courte…叺straw…吁ah!亢high扛to lif…伉to mat…扣to kno…芒an awn
RadicalReading
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