Chinese Character 拷 Meanings and components.

Form

拷

Meaning

拷 meaning[3] in English

To Beat.

To Flog.

To Examine Under Torture.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 拷 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and to beat (考)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QJKS

How to write 拷

To write拷kao3to beat you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 考kao3to beat arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 考 = 拷

拷 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 拷 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 拷, looks as follow:

拷
Pinyin:kao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Beat . To Flog . To Examine Under Torture
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
考
Pinyin:kao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Beat . To Hit . Variant Of 考[Kao3] . To Inspect . To Test . To Take An Exam
耂
Pinyin:lao3
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
丂
Pinyin:kao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: 'Breath' Or 'Sigh' Component In Chinese Characters

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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