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獄

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • prison
  • jail

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ゴク
Strokes
14
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1295
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
犬#94 · dog

Components

Common Words

  • 獄中ごくちゅうNounduring imprisonment, while in jail
  • 監獄かんごくNounprison
  • 疑獄ぎごくNounbribery scandal, graft case
  • 出獄しゅつごくNounrelease (from prison)
  • 地獄じごくNounhell realm, Naraka
  • 獄衣ごくいNounprison uniform
  • 獄死ごくしNoundeath in jail, death in prison
  • 獄舎ごくしゃNounprison (building), jail

Practice in Kanjiru

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Data: KANJIDIC2, JMdict & KRADFILE (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0) · kanji-frequency (CC BY 4.0)