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号 | 號: sign; number | cry

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

號 [号] hào

verb | measure word
: ordinal number; day of a month
: mark; sign
: business establishment
: size
: ship suffix
: horn (wind instrument)
: bugle call
: assumed name
: to take a pulse
: classifier used to indicate number of people

號 [号] háo


: roar; cry; to cry out

Kun Reading

号する | ごうする kousuru

suru verb – special class
: to name; to take a second name or alias
: to announce; to boast; to declare

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号 OR 號 | ごう kou

noun | noun suffix
: number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group
: sobriquet; pen-name

ゴウ gou

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拷: torture and interrogate; hit

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

拷 kǎo


: to beat; to flog
: to examine under torture

Kun Reading
none applicable

打つ | うつ utsu

godan verb with tsu ending | transitive verb
: to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound
: to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)
: to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)
: to move; to impress; to touch
: to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject
: to type; to send; to transmit
: to insert; to write in; to mark
: to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare
: to till (soil)
: to sprinkle; to throw; to cast
: to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.)
: to pay (a deposit, etc.)
: to visit (on a pilgrimage)
: to line (a coat)
: to bind (a criminal)

On Reading

コウ kou

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考: examine, test; investigate

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

考 kǎo

verb
: to test; to examine
: to check; to verify
: to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for
: deceased father

Kun Reading

考え | かんがえ kangae

adverbial noun
: thinking; thought; ideas; intention

考える | かんがえる kangaeru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to consider; to think about

On Reading

考 | こう kou

noun
: thought
: (Noun suffix) report on one’s investigation into …
: deceased father

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