Memory phrase for the character: 拷

拷

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Meaning to beat, to flog, to copy

Pronunciation

kǎo

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: to check, verify 考 (From the ground 土 with a stick ノ the seaweed 丂 is checked.)

Mnemonic
 
The hand should (first) check, before it beats.

Radicals

扌 hand
考 to check, to verify
耂 old man
丂 winding seaweed
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 Vocabulary

绷扒吊拷 bèng pá diào kǎo  to strip, tie up, hang and beat sb, an ancient torture technique
拷打 kǎo dǎ  to beat; to flog
拷打 kǎo dǎ  
拷打 kǎo dǎ  

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