獄

prison; jail

14 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1529.

Readings

• ゴク (on reading): 地獄 (じごく) hell realm; 投獄 (とうごく) imprisonment

Components

• ⺨
• 言
• 犬
• ⺨ radical dog, left-side form of 犬
• 犬 radical dog
• 言 radical speech

Kanji containing 獄

• 嶽 peak

Words using 獄

• 地獄 (じごく) hell realm
• 投獄 (とうごく) imprisonment
• 脱獄 (だつごく) escaping from prison
• 監獄 (かんごく) prison
• 獄 (ごく) jail

84 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists