錮 — kanji meaning “confinement”
錮
confinement, to tie
- Meanings
- confinement, to tie
- On'yomi
- コ (ko)
- Kun'yomi
- ふさ.ぐ
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 8
- Classical radical
- 167
- Chinese reading
- gù — Chinese character page
Words with 錮
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禁錮 | きんこ kinko | imprisonment (without forced labour); incarceration; confinement |
| 重禁錮 | じゅうきんこ juukinko | major imprisonment; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour) |
| 軽禁錮 | けいきんこ keikinko | minor imprisonment; imprisonment without hard labor (hard labour) |
| 無期禁錮 | むききんこ mukikinko | life imprisonment without work |
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