8 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

blame, censure, reprimand

Kun'yomi
  • to blame ②to question (a suspect) ③to aggravate (an injury) ④to prick (one's conscience)
  • error ②sin
On'yomi
  • キュウ
  • コウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

とがめるとが 100.0%

Character Breakdown

blame, censure, reprimand
とが.める キュウ コウ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

to blame ②to question (a suspect) ③to aggravate (an injury) ④to prick (one's conscience)
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References

Unicode hex code 548E
JIS X 0208 1-50-75
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 908
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 759
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2156
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2278
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 3493
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d5.15
Four corner code 2860.4