Kanji Detail for 劾 - "to accuse, to investigate"

劾

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning

劾 means "to accuse, to investigate." Also associated with to pursue.
1. Impeach - To charge with misconduct.
2. Accuse - To formally charge with wrongdoing.
3. Investigate - To examine for wrongdoing.
Words using 劾
- 弾劾だんがい impeachment; denunciation; accusation
Tattoo check: 劾
- Verified meaning: to accuse, to investigate
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Also carries these associations: to pursue
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

censure; criminal investigation

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

examine into, impeach, charge

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to impeach

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to look into; to impeach, to charge

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

To report someone's crimes. Such as 參劾 (impeach), 糾劾 (censure). When an official with crimes reports himself, it's called 自劾.
Onyomi

gai(ガイ)
Kunyomi

none
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

力 (chikara)
Related Keywords

to accuse to investigate to pursue impeach charge censure indictment prosecution misconduct corruption wrongdoing scandal