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侤

cjk unified ideograph-4fa4

Korean Hanja 侤

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侤 is a Korean Hanja character, a Chinese character used in Korean writing, found in historical texts. In the Nogeoldae, an instructional dialogue, it means “interrogate”; in the legal term 侤音, it names a written pledge to accept a ruling or carry out an order.

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What 侤 means

It is a Korean Hanja character with two documented historical uses.

An early use appears in the Nogeoldae, an instructional dialogue text. The tradition is usually placed in China's Yuan dynasty, and an initial printing is dated to around 1346. A 2014 study reports that 侤 means “interrogate” there and that later editions replace it with 拷.

In court records from Korea's Joseon dynasty, 侤音 names a written pledge to accept a ruling or complete an ordered act. An 1826 court record documents one after a confession. A 2017 legal-history study says these documents remained in use after court reforms in 1895.

Is 侤 a Korean character?

Yes; its documented specialized uses come from Korean texts.

A Chinese dictionary gives 侤 a gloss meaning confession or testimony (供詞). That gloss does not make it a general Chinese word: in the Nogeoldae it refers to interrogation, while 侤音 is a Korean legal pledge term.

Use 侤 as an interrogation term only in the historical textual context; it is not a general Chinese substitute for 拷.

Specialized and historical: it appears in Korean instructional and legal records, not casual chat.

Do not use 侤 as a general Chinese substitute for 拷.

Who writes 侤

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Don't confuse it with

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拷
CJK Unified Ideograph-62F7
Later Nogeoldae editions use 拷 in place of 侤 for the interrogation reading; outside that text, they are not interchangeable.
栲
CJK Unified Ideograph-6832
A 2014 study also cites 栲 for interrogation in Yuan-era legal texts. Its shared 考 component with 侤 is not proof that the characters are interchangeable.

Combination ideas

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Historical Korean legal term for a written pledge or undertaking.
In the Nogeoldae, interrogate or torture someone.

Questions people ask

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Why does 侤 show as a box?

That is a font-coverage problem. The active font or its fallback may not include a drawing for this character, so the screen shows a missing-glyph box.

Can 侤 mean torture?

It can in the Nogeoldae: 侤 is used for interrogation there, and 打侤 can describe interrogating or torturing someone. Later editions use 拷 instead; the meaning does not carry automatically into other texts.

How to type or find 侤

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侤 meaning · 侤 Korean Hanja · 侤音 · 打侤 · Cangjie OJKS · Nogeoldae 侤 · Korean Hanja
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Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 4FA4, then AltX to get 侤.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cjk unified ideograph-4fa4”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 4fa4, then Enter or Space.
HTML
侤
CSS
\4FA4
How to type 侤
In Cangjie input, enter OJKS if your installed character table includes it.
Other Han-character input methods
Check a rare-character dictionary in the input method; availability depends on its installed character table.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
侤
HTML hex
侤
CSS content
content: "\4FA4";
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URL encoded
%E4%BE%A4
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UTF-8 bytes

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