Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 拷


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Meaning

to beat, to flog, to copy

Pronunciation

kǎo

Explanation

Left: hand , right: to check, verify (From the ground with a stick the seeweed is checked.)

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

hand
to check, to verify
old man
winding seeweed
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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

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