JLPT N1 · 14 strokes
Kanji 獄: "prison, jail"
The kanji 獄 means "prison, jail". It is written with 14 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ゴク in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゴク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | prison, jail |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 14 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1529 of 2,501 |
Common words with 獄
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 地獄hell realm; Naraka · Hell
- 牢獄prison; jail; gaol
- 監獄prison
- 獄jail; gaol; prison
- 脱獄escaping from prison; breaking out of prison; jailbreak · jailbreaking (a smartphone, video game console, etc.)
- 投獄imprisonment; incarceration
- 煉獄purgatory
- 地獄絵図painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell
- 地獄に落ちるto go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
- 地獄を見るto live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
- 獄中during imprisonment; while in jail
- 生き地獄hell on earth; living hell
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