Entry
  1. Noun

    trial by hot water; putting a person's hand in boiling water to determine their guilt or innocence (with the belief that the innocent would not be scalded)

    Historical term

Also written 盟神探湯【くかたち】誓湯【くかたち】

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Characters in this word

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Kun
さぐ.るさが.す
On
タン
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
930 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 31

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3c8.16The Kanji Dictionary
5709.4Four corner code
1364deroo
63a2Unicode hex code
1-35-21JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1949Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2211New Nelson (John Haig)
505New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
613Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
374Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
466Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1327Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1425Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1239A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1316Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1236Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12276Morohashi
930A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
535Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
544Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
578Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
942henshall3
927Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1258Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
908Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1340Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tan4, tan1Pinyin reading
tamKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
31WaniKani level
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hot water, bath, hot spring

Kun
On
トウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1356 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 12

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3a9.23The Kanji Dictionary
3612.7Four corner code
351deroo
6e6fUnicode hex code
1-37-82JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2633Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3245New Nelson (John Haig)
612New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
747Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
446Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
561Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
546Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
585Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1022A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1587Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
844Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17874Morohashi
359A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
632Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
642Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
482sakade
700Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
381henshall3
406Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
836Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1226Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
552Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tang1, shang1Pinyin reading
tang, sangKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level