This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: キュウ、コウ、とが.める、とが
Romaji: kyū, kou, toga.meru, toga
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

blame, censure, reprimand

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  30
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-5-3
Korean Reading:  go
Chinese Reading:  jiu4
Unicode:  548e
JIS:  526B

Indexes

Nelson Index: 908
New Nelson Index: 759
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3d5.15
Four Corner Index: 2860.4
Daikanwanjiten Index: 3493
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0983
Remembering the kanji Index: 2156
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2278

Words

(とが)
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
気がとがめる (きがとがめる)
to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret
傷咎め (きずとがめ)
inflamed wound
咎め (とがめ)
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
咎人 (とがにん)
offender; criminal
咎める (とがめる)
to blame; to reproach; to censure; to rebuke; to reprove; to find fault; to take to task; to criticize; to criticise; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated; to get inflamed; to prick (one's conscience)
見咎める (みとがめる)
to find fault with; to question
聞きとがめる (ききとがめる)
to find fault with
咎め立て (とがめだて)
fault-finding
既往は咎めず (きおうはとがめず)
don't dwell on the past
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