EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)

    see 禁錮

    彼は懲役十年で、女房には三年の刑が下った。
    He was given ten years and his wife three.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

penal, chastise, punish, discipline

Kun
こ.りるこ.らすこ.らしめる
On
チョウ
Strokes
18
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1303 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 43

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
2-14-4SKIP code
4k14.3The Kanji Dictionary
2833.4Four corner code
2058deroo
61f2Unicode hex code
1-36-08JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1785Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2006New Nelson (John Haig)
2910New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3623Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1853Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2526Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
888Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
953Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1626A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1510Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11399PMorohashi
1599A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1421Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1510Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1327Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1893Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1703Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
805Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
897Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
cheng2Pinyin reading
jingKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
43WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role

On
ヤクエキ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
315 of 2500
Radical
step
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Used in names as

ちゃく

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-4SKIP code
3i4.2The Kanji Dictionary
2724.7Four corner code
2068deroo
5f79Unicode hex code
1-44-82JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1598Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1726New Nelson (John Haig)
244New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
288Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
181Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
217Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
884Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
949Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
315A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
368Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
171Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10057Morohashi
397A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
375Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
376Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
324sakade
519Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
419henshall3
290Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
266crowley
609Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
620Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
893Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi4Pinyin reading
yeogKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level