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拷
kǎo
1. to beat
2. to flog
3. to examine under torture
Common • Top 8% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

拷
kǎo
to torture, to interrogate; to beat, to flog
9 丶

Compound Words (7)

拷问
kǎowèn
to question via torture
拷打
kǎodǎ
to beat
拷掠
kǎolüè
to torture
拷花
kǎohuā
to emboss
拷贝
kǎobèi
copy
绷巴吊拷
bèngbādiàokǎo
variant of [[繃扒吊拷|绷扒吊拷<bèngbādiàokǎo>]]
绷扒吊拷
bèngbādiàokǎo
to strip, tie up, hang and beat sb, an ancient torture technique

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,229
Word Frequency Rank
6,352 of 84,292