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Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 拷

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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 拷

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Meaning of 拷

Pinyin kǎo

Radical

扌

Strokes

Definition

to beat / to flog / to examine by torture

Usage

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拷 [kǎo] 1. 打. (English: beat) 2. 打: ～打. ～问. ～掠（泛指刑讯）. 三～六问. (English: beat: ~beat. ~interrogation. ~torture (generally refers to torture methods). Three ~ six questions.) Definition: (形声。从手，考声。本义:打;拷打) 同本义 (English: Phonetic-ideographic. Composed of the hand component and the sound component "kǎo". Original meaning: to beat; to torture.) (English equivalent: beat; torture) Example: 1. 《魏书·刑罚志》：不听非法拷人。 (English: "Wei Shu: Those who do not obey are illegally tortured.") 2. 又如: 拷较 (拷问刑讯) (English: interrogation torture) 拷讯 (拷打审问) (English: tortured interrogation) 拷究 (拷打审问) (English: tortured inquiry) 拷掠 (拷打逼供) (English: torture for coercing confession) 拷勘 (拷问) (English: tortured questioning)

拷打 kǎo dǎ

to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) / to give sb the third degree / to torture

拷贝 kǎo bèi

copy / to copy (loanword)

硬拷贝 yìng kǎo bèi

hard copy

拷问 kǎo wèn

to question via torture