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Kanji Detail for 刑 - "punishment"

刑

  • Meaning

    刑 means "punishment." Also associated with rule, to govern.

    1. Punishment - Penalty; to punish.

    2. Rule - Example; standard; regulation.

    3. To govern - To correct; to control.

  • Words using 刑

    • 刑事 けいじ Listen (police) detective; criminal matter
    • 死刑 しけい Listen death penalty; capital punishment
    • 求刑 きゅうけい Listen recommended sentence; prosecution's demand for punishment
    • 刑務所 けいむしょ Listen prison; jail; gaol
    • 刑法 けいほう Listen criminal law; penal code
    • 実刑 じっけい Listen prison sentence (without a stay of execution)
    • 処刑 しょけい Listen execution
    • 刑事責任 けいじせきにん Listen criminal liability

  • Tattoo check: 刑

    • Verified meaning: punishment
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: rule, to govern

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    punish; penalty; sentence; punishment

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    punishment, penalty; law

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Xing

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    punishment, penalty; law

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    General term for punishment. The old law had five punishments: death, exile, penal servitude, beating with heavy stick, and beating with light stick. Today's litigation law is divided into civil and criminal. Property and debt matters are civil. Injury, murder, and theft are criminal. | Constant law. (Book of Odes) "There are still standards." Now commonly written as 型.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kei(ケイ) ケイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    刀 刂 (katana・ritto)

  • Related Keywords

    punishment rule to govern enforce penalty discipline law justice sentence imprisonment execution retribution convict penalize

Sentences including 刑

  • It is not right to put a man to death for punishment.

  • He will end up in prison.

  • Her husband is in prison.

  • He was put in prison.

  • He was in prison for life.

  • She visited her husband in prison.

  • There used to be a prison here.

More kanji with the radical 刀 刂 (katana・ritto)

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