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Eyes Gouge 抉 ケツ えぐ.る こじ.る くじ.る Hollow

Kanji
Onyomi ケツ
Kunyomi えぐ.る, こじ.る, くじ.る
English gouge, hollow out, bore, pry
JLPT Level 0
Jouyou Grade S+
Components 手: hand
夬: decide; determine; archery glove
Traditional Form (none)
Keyword gouge out
Koohii Story 1 The penalty for gouging out someone's eyes is to have your fingers guillotined.
Koohii Story 2 "Before they guillotine him they gouge out his eyes with their fingers, which is why we can't see eyes in this Kanji."

Tags: jlpt.n0, grades+

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