Kanji Detail for 拷 - "to torture, to beat"

拷

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning

拷 means "to torture, to beat."
1. Torture - To inflict severe pain.
2. Beat - To strike repeatedly.
Words using 拷
- 拷問ごうもん torture
Tattoo check: 拷
- Verified meaning: to torture, to beat
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

torture; beat

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

torture and interrogate; hit

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to beat; to flog; to examine under torture; (computing) to copy (abbr. for 拷貝|拷贝[kao3 bei4])

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to torture, to interrogate; to beat, to flog

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To beat. Such as interrogation being 拷問.
Onyomi

goh(ゴウ)
Kunyomi

none
Strokes

9 strokes
Radical

手扌 (te・tehen)
Related Keywords

to torture to beat inflict pain rob strike torment interrogate abuse agony brutality coercion cruelty hit inquisition intimidation maltreatment mistreatment punch questioning severe suffering

囚人は拷問で死んだ。
The prisoner died under torture.
転換療法は拷問です。
Conversion therapy is torture.
彼は警察で拷問を受けた。
He was subjected to torture by the police.
トムは警察で拷問を受けた。
Tom was tortured by the police.
拷問にかけられて彼は犯していない罪を認めた。
The torture made him confess to crimes he had not committed.
警察署内での拷問の残酷さは筆舌に尽くし難い。
The cruelty of the torture in the police station is beyond description.
大戦後、オランダは最も多くの日本人を拷問・処刑したが、中には無実の人もいた。
After the war, the Netherlands was the country that executed and tortured the most Japanese, though some of them were innocent.
何人も、拷問又は残虐な、非人道的な若しくは屈辱的な取扱若しくは刑罰を受けることはない。
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.