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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 Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰluːʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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