The kanji 獄: meaning, readings and stroke order

獄

Meaning: prison
On reading: ゴク goku
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 14
Radical: 犬 dog
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nhà tù, ngục (ngục)
Japanese: ろうや。つみをおかしたひとをいれるところ。
Korean: 감옥 (옥)
Chinese: 监狱 (狱)

Readings, words and example sentences

ゴク goku · on reading · less common

地じ獄ごく
hell
昔話に 地じ獄ごくの場面があります。
An old folk tale has a scene in hell.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.