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獄

Reading

Kana: ゴク
Romaji: goku
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

prison, jail

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  94
Frequency:  1529
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-11
Korean Reading:  og
Chinese Reading:  yu4
Unicode:  7344
JIS:  3976

Indexes

Halpern Index: 712
Nelson Index: 2906
New Nelson Index: 3602
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3g11.1
Four Corner Index: 4323.4
Guide to Remembering Index: 1274
Gakken Index: 1644
Daikanwanjiten Index: 20603
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0729
Remembering the kanji Index: 338
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1530
Kodansha Compact Index: 1309
Kanji in Context Index: 1518
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 501
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 644
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 344
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 361
Essential Kanji Index: 1219
Kodansha Kanji Index: 872
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2963
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1717

Words

獄 (ごく、ひとや)
jail; gaol; prison
監獄 (かんごく)
prison
脱獄 (だつごく)
prison breaking; jailbreak; gaolbreak
牢獄 (ろうごく)
prison; jail; gaol
煉獄 (れんごく)
purgatory
地獄 (じごく)
hell
投獄 (とうごく)
imprisonment
獄中 (ごくちゅう)
during imprisonment; while in jail (gaol)
獄門 (ごくもん)
prison gate
獄死 (ごくし)
death in jail; death in gaol
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