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Torture Fingers 拷 ゴウ Beat S 手 Hand

Kanji
Onyomi ゴウ
English torture, beat
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 2057
Components 手: hand
考: consider; think over
Number of Strokes 9
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 64
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading て・てへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword torture
Koohii Story 1 In Torture 101 class they teach you to Consider the Fingers as the first part to inflict pain to. Then you can move on to other parts (like feet, groin, head, etc. etc. ; ) ).
Koohii Story 2 Aaaargh, stop! cries the victim of torture, his fingers being squeezed by the thumb screws. "I´ll consider it," the torturer says coolly, "if you tell me the names of all the agents in your organization.".

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq2001-2500

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