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JLPT N1 kanji · Chapter 46

獄 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

prison; hell

On: ゴクgoku ガクgaku
Kun: ひとやhitoya

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

獄14 strokes

How to write 獄: stroke order

獄 has 14 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

獄 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes — The stroke order of 獄 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Parts of 獄

The parts 獄 is built from, each highlighted where it sits. Parts that are kanji themselves link to their own page.

⺨ (犬)
dog
Radical
言
say; words
犬
dog

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JLPT N1 kanji · Chapter 46

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