Read Edit View history 拷 kǎo torture and interrogate Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents To question 考 by hand 扌; 考 also provides the pronunciation Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 考 考 SoundMeaning component kǎo examine Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangkʰluːʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang