咎 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「口」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「口」
- On
- キュウ・コウ
- Kun
- とが.める・とが
- Meaning
- to blame; a fault
Origin
各 with a person: to call a deed to account — a fault.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 咎めるとがめる
to blame; to take to task
- 咎とが
fault; blame
Example
遅刻を咎められて素直に謝った。
Taken to task for being late, they apologized frankly.
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