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Kanji for Hell
The kanji for “hell” is 獄, read goku and written in 14 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
獄
hell
A prison of the underworld; hell itself.
14 strokes On reading ゴク (goku) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: prison, jail
Readings used for names on Nazuke: goku
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