獄

prison, jail

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ゴク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

14 / 14

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:14

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1529

Vocabulary

ゴク

Word	Reading	Meaning
監獄	カンゴク	prison
疑獄	ギゴク	bribery scandal; graft case
獄中	ゴクチュウ	during imprisonment; while in jail
地獄	ジゴク	hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; nightmare; inferno; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam
出獄	シュツゴク	release (from prison)

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
生き地獄	いきじごく	hell on earth; living hell
仮出獄	かりしゅつごく	parole; release on bail
蟻地獄	ありじごく	antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit
蟻地獄	アリジゴク	antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit
無間地獄	むげんじごく	the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells); hell of uninterrupted suffering

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