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拷

kǎo

to torture, to interrogate; to beat, to flog

💡 Ideographic: To question 考 by hand 扌; 考 also provides the pronunciation

HSK 9 strokes Uncommon (33%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

to test, to investigate, to examine

⿰扌考 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shǒu

扌

hand

📷 Pictographic: A hand with the fingers splayed; compare 手

3 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

jué

亅

hook

1 strokes

kǎo

考

to test, to investigate, to examine

🔤 Pictophonetic: 耂 (old) provides meaning, 丂 provides pronunciation

6 strokes HSK 2

lǎo

耂

old, aged; experienced

💡 Ideographic: A person bent over with long hair

4 strokes

tǔ

土

soil, earth; items made of earth

📷 Pictographic: A lump of clay on a potter's wheel

3 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

piě

丿

slash

1 strokes

kǎo

丂

obstruction of breath (qi); variant of 考

2 strokes

Words Using 拷 (7)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

拷 ↗

kǎo

to beat / to flog / to examine under torture

kǎo

拷 ↗

to beat / to flog / to examine under torture

to question via torture

kǎowèn

拷问 ↗

to question via torture

copy / to copy (loanword)

kǎobèi

拷贝 ↗

copy / to copy (loanword)

绷扒吊拷 ↗

bèngbādiàokǎo

to strip, tie up, hang and beat sb, an ancient torture technique

bèngbādiàokǎo

绷扒吊拷 ↗

to strip, tie up, hang and beat sb, an ancient torture technique