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Keyword
to beat
  • to torture
  • to interrogate
  • to flog
Frequency
#2763
Strokes
9
Readings
kǎo
Mnemonic
To question 考 by hand 扌; 考 also provides the pronunciation
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
拷问kǎowèn
to question via torture
拷贝kǎobèi
copy; to copy (loanword)
拷kǎo
to beat; to flog; to examine under torture; (computing) to copy (abbr. for 拷贝 (kǎobèi))
拷打kǎodǎ
to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions); to give sb the third degree; to torture
严刑拷打yánxíngkǎodǎ
torture; interrogation by torture