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刑

Punish
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingケイ

Verbs with «刑»

処刑する

Meanings

  1. punishRtK
  2. penalty
  3. punishment
    刑事処分は証拠不十分により免訴とされたが、児島は辞職した。Although Kojima was acquitted of the criminal punishment on the ground of insufficient evidence, he resigned the post.wiki
    --各種の禁令・刑罰Various banned items and criminal punishmentswiki
  4. sentence

Homonyms

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Popular Usage

刑事刑罰

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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two hands · sword (刀) · sabre (刀) · saber (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 734

Compound words

その泥棒は刑事を見ると走って逃げた。けいじ
The thief ran away at the sight of a detective.tatoeba
彼は塀を乗り越えて刑務所から脱走した。
He escaped from prison by climbing over a wall.tatoeba
彼は懲役十年で、女房には三年の刑が下った。
He was given ten years and his wife three.tatoeba
彼は自分が刑務所にいたことを私に明らかにした。
He disclosed to me that he had been in prison.tatoeba
彼は死刑を宣告された。
He was condemned to death.tatoeba
ロサンゼルス市警察刑事。
A detective of the L.A. Police Department.wiki
刑罰の一覧身分刑参照。
Refer to the social status list of punishment.wiki

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Punishment. 开 (frame) + 刂 (knife) — a legal penalty. 死刑 — death penalty.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 刑

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