獄 — kanji meaning “prison”
獄
prison, jail
- Meanings
- prison, jail
- On'yomi
- ゴク (goku)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1529 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 94
- Chinese reading
- yù — Chinese character page
Words with 獄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地獄 | じごく jigoku | hell realm; Naraka |
| 監獄 | かんごく kangoku | prison |
| 獄中 | ごくちゅう gokuchuu | during imprisonment; while in jail |
| 疑獄 | ぎごく gigoku | bribery scandal; graft case |
| 投獄 | とうごく tougoku | imprisonment; incarceration |
| 牢獄 | ろうごく rougoku | prison; jail; gaol |
| 脱獄 | だつごく datsugoku | escaping from prison; breaking out of prison; jailbreak |
| 出獄 | しゅつごく shutsugoku | release (from prison) |
| 煉獄 | れんごく rengoku | purgatory |
| 獄門 | ごくもん gokumon | prison gate |
| 蟻地獄 | ありじごく arijigoku | antlion (larva); doodlebug |
| 獄死 | ごくし gokushi | death in jail; death in prison |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.