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拷 = 扌 + 考

拷 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “torture”. It is built from 扌 (finger) and 考 (consider). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1344.

Keyword
torture
RTK frame
1344
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゴウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
пытка
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
拷 torture and interrogate

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 扌 finger
  2. 考 consider

How to find 拷 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “finger” + “consider”. 拷 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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