|  | 拷 | ||
| torture and interrogate; hit | |||
| Radical | 手扌才 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 6 | Total Strokes | 9 | 
| Mandarin reading | kaǒ | Cantonese reading | haau1 haau2 | 
| Japanese on reading | gou kou | Japanese kun reading | utsu | 
| Korean reading | ko | Vietnamese reading | khỉu | 
|  | 拷 | ||
| torture and interrogate; hit | |||
| Radical | 手扌才 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 6 | Total Strokes | 9 | 
| Mandarin reading | kaǒ | Cantonese reading | haau1 haau2 | 
| Japanese on reading | gou kou | Japanese kun reading | utsu | 
| Korean reading | ko | Vietnamese reading | khỉu | 
| 拷问 | [ kaǒ wèn ] to question via torture | 
| 拷贝 | [ kaǒ beì ] copy, to copy (loanword) | 
| ⇒ 严刑拷打 | [ yán xíng kaǒ dǎ ] torture, interrogation by torture | 
| ⇒ 绷巴吊拷 | [ bèng bā kaǒ ] variant of 繃扒吊拷|绷扒吊拷[beng4 ba1 diao4 kao3] | 
| ⇒ 绷扒吊拷 | [ bèng bā kaǒ ] to strip, tie up, hang and beat sb, an ancient torture technique |