03574 Chinese character of 拷 and pronounce haau1

The Chinese character【拷】that we will explain today is a word that describes an action or technique. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Torture or copy. Explanation: (1) To use torture instruments to beat prisoners during interrogation. Such as: “torture”, “severe torture”, “lynching and hanging torture”. (2) Copy: A> refers to the duplication, imitation or transcription of the original. It also refers to copying documents using a photocopier. B> Refers to the process of making a positive film for screening after the filming of a film is completed.

The pronunciation of this specific Chinese character is given below.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【拷】:kǎo

Cantonese Jyutping of 【拷】:haau1/haau2

Below is an introduction to the basics of the Chinese character 【拷】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【拷】, for example:Describe an action or technique , It means mainly to torture or copy .Since Chinese characters carry vast meanings, some subtle aspects and specific applications might not be fully detailed in this explanation.

【拷】functions as a standalone word but can pair with others to form more descriptive expressions, like【拷問、拷貝】(Mandarin Pinyin:kǎo wèn 、kǎo bèi/ Cantonese Jyutping:haau1 man6 、haau1 bui3)

The stroke count for this character is 9 ,It is a Chinese character that must be learned by those aiming to reach a near-native level of proficiency in Chinese,Below is a sample sentence featuring this character in real usage.:


他從電腦中拷貝了重要文件。

He copied important documents from his computer.


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