獄
獄 — Prison
prison, jail
On’yomiゴク (goku)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (14 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 獄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地獄 | じごく jigoku | hell realm; Naraka; Hell |
| 獄中 | ごくちゅう gokuchuu | during imprisonment; while in jail |
| 監獄 | かんごく kangoku | prison |
| 疑獄 | ぎごく gigoku | bribery scandal; graft case |
| 投獄 | とうごく tougoku | imprisonment; incarceration |
| 出獄 | しゅつごく shutsugoku | release (from prison) |
Study notes
獄 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1529 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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