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拷 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
準2High school level ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
ゴウごう · gō
Kun
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Meaning
torture

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand plus a phonetic element: to beat someone in order to question them.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onゴウごうgō拷問ごうもん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 拷問ごうもん

    torture

  • 拷問官ごうもんかん

    torturer; interrogator

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

拷問(ごうもん)は決(けっ)して許(ゆる)されない。

Torture can never be permitted.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading ゴウAll maps

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