拷 Stroke Order — How to Write 拷

Stroke Order

拷 is written in 9 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 扌, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

拷 Radical and Character Components

Components:扌考

拷 is an ideographic compound. To question 考 by hand 扌; 考 also provides the pronunciation.

Radical: 扌 + 6 more strokes

拷 Pronunciation and Pinyin

kǎo

Meanings of 拷 in Chinese

kǎo拷

To interrogate or torture, often involving physical or psychological pressure.

犯人被带走拷问。

The suspect was taken away for interrogation.

Common Words and Phrases with 拷

kǎo拷bèi贝

To copy or duplicate something.

这部经典老电影的唯一一份原始拷贝被精心保存在电影资料馆中。

The only original print of this classic old movie is carefully preserved in the film archives.

kǎo拷chóu绸

Kaichou (拷绸) is a type of silk fabric dyed with the sap of yam dioscorea, commonly used for making summer clothes.

她穿着一件舒适的拷绸旗袍，在夏日午后显得格外清雅

She wore a comfortable gambiered Canton gauze cheongsam, looking exceptionally elegant on a summer afternoon.

kǎo拷dǎ打

to interrogate and beat or torture a prisoner

在旧日记中，她读到了一个关于被海盗拷打的囚犯的悲惨故事。

In the old diary, she read a tragic story about a prisoner being tortured by pirates.

kǎo拷wèn问

to torture someone during interrogation to extract a confession

探险队被土著部落俘虏后，被部落首领严加拷问，试图问出他们此行的目的。

After the expedition team was captured by the indigenous tribe, they were subjected to severe interrogation by the tribal chief, who sought to learn the purpose of their journey.