Kanji
拷
N1
9 strokes
Grade 8
freq #2057
torture, beat
On'yomi (音読み)
ゴウ
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
拷問
ごうもん
torture
拷問具
ごうもんぐ
torture device; instrument of torture
拷問台
ごうもんだい
rack (torture device)
拷器
ごうき
instruments of torture
拷問等禁止条約
ごうもんとうきんしじょうやく
United Nations Convention Against Torture (1987)
拷訊
ごうじん
torture
拷責
ごうせき
torture
拷問禁止条約
ごうもんきんしじょうやく
United Nations Convention Against Torture (1987)
Example sentences
彼(かれ)は警察(けいさつ)で拷問(ごうもん)を受(う)けた。
He was subjected to torture by the police.
拷問(ごうもん)にかけられて彼(かれ)は犯(おか)していない罪(つみ)を認(みと)めた。
The torture made him confess to crimes he had not committed.