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Kanji Detail for 獄 - "prison, hell"

獄

  • Meaning

    獄 means "prison, hell." Also associated with litigation.

    1. Lawsuit - To sue; trial.

    2. Prison - Jail; a place for confining criminals. Example

  • Words using 獄

    • 地獄 じごく Listen hell realm; Naraka; Hell
    • 獄中 ごくちゅう Listen during imprisonment; while in jail
    • 疑獄 ぎごく Listen bribery scandal; graft case
    • 監獄 かんごく Listen prison

  • Four-character idioms with 獄

    • 八大地獄 はちだいじごく Listen The Eight Greater Hells
    • 無間地獄 むけんじごく Listen the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells); hell of uninterrupted suffering
    • 焦熱地獄 しょうねつじごく Listen burning hell; inferno

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    • Verified meaning: prison, hell
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read だけ)
    • Also carries these associations: litigation
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    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.

  • Name readings of 獄

    Surnames 獄(だけ)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    prison; jail

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    prison, jail; case; lawsuit

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    prison

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    prison, jail; case; lawsuit

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

    Prison. | Legal cases are called 獄. 折獄 is like saying "deciding cases."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    goku(ゴク) ゴク

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    犬 犭 (inu・kemonohen)

  • Related Keywords

    prison hell litigation lawsuit jail dungeon cell confinement incarceration punishment sentence detention trial convict penitentiary

Sentences including 獄

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