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Kanji Detail for 刑 - "punishment, penalty, criminal"

刑

  • Meaning

    刑 means "punishment, penalty, criminal."

    1. Punishment - Penalty; to punish.

    2. Rule - Example; standard; regulation.

    3. To govern - To correct; to control.

  • 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.
  • Onyomitip

    gyoh(ぎょう) ぎょう

    kei(けい) けい

  • Kunyomitip

    nori(のり) のり

    shioki(しおき) しおき

  • Strokestip

    6 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    刀 刂 (katana・ritto)

  • Related Keywords
    punishment penalty criminal criminal law death penalty prison sentence capital punishment law rule justice correct

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.

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