JōyōJLPT N1Kanken 3
獄

Meaning

Kanji 獄

prison

prison, jail

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
Onyomi 音読み
ゴク
Nanori 名乗り
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Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
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JLPT
JLPT N1
Frequency
#1529
Strokes
14
Radical
犬
Components
犯 • 犬 • 言
Kanji Kentei
Level 3
Similar Kanji
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Related vocabulary

36 common entries

Showing 36 of 83 entries that include this kanji.

獄中

ごくちゅう

during imprisonment

極道

ごくどう

organized crime

極道者

ごくどうもの

scoundrel

獄

ごく

jail

獄衣

ごくい

prison uniform

獄屋

ごくや

prison

獄死

ごくし

death in jail

獄舎

ごくしゃ

prison (building)

獄囚

ごくしゅう

prisoner

獄所

ごくしょ

prison

獄窓

ごくそう

prison window

獄則

ごくそく

prison regulations

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は五年間、獄に入れられていた。

He was imprisoned for five years.

無実の人を獄に送ってはいけない。

You must not send an innocent person to prison.

その町には古い獄の跡が残っている。

The remains of an old prison still remain in that town.

彼は獄から出たあと、静かに暮らし始めた。

After getting out of prison, he began to live quietly.

獄にいる弟へ、母は毎月手紙を書いた。

Mother wrote a letter every month to her younger son in jail.