Kanji

拷

Meaning

torture and beat

Readings

On'yomi

  • ごう もん torture
  • ごう き instruments of torture
  • ごう じん torture

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/9

Component Analysis

拷
torture, beat
ゴウ
扌
( 手 ) hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
考
consider, think over
かんが.える, かんが.え, コウ
耂
( 老 ) variant of radical 125
土
soil, earth, ground...
つち, ド, ト
丂
obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release, variant of other characters
さまた.げられる, コウ

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