罰 Kanji: Meaning, Readings, Stroke Order (JLPT N1)

Readings

On readingバツ、ハツ

JLPT level: N1 Jōyō Grade 8Level 22

Verbs with «罰»

Meanings

penaltyRtK
punishment
犯罪にはすべて罰が必要である。Every crime calls for punishment.tatoeba
全く罰を与えなくても子供達にちゃんとした礼儀作法を仕込めます。You can teach good manners to children without resorting to punishment.tatoeba

Synonyms

Homonyms

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Same reading (ばつ)

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical网net

Components

How it's built

罰

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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eye (目) · cross-eyed · net (网) · say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · sword (刀) · sabre (刀) · saber (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 896

Compound words

刑罰けいばつ

(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence

厳罰げんばつ

severe punishment; rigorous measures

処罰しょばつ

punishment; penalty

賞罰しょうばつ

reward and punishment

体罰たいばつ

corporal punishment

懲罰ちょうばつ

discipline; punishment; reprimand

罰金ばっきん

fine; penalty

罰則ばっそく

punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal provisions; penal code

罰点ばってん

cross mark; demerit mark; an X

罰するばっする

to punish; to penalize; to penalise

the certainty of divine punishment

On Reading Examples

彼は罪を犯したので罰を加えようとしたが、彼は逃走した。ばつ

They sought to punish him for his crime but he escaped.tatoeba

自然界には褒美もなければ罰もない。ばつ

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

公務員が秘密を漏らして、秘密漏洩罪として罰せられた。ばっする

The public servant leaked the secret and he was prosecuted for revealing a state secret.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は罰金を払うように命じられた。

He was decreed to pay the fine.tatoeba

彼は罰を受けたくなかった。

He didn't like to be punished.tatoeba

彼は罰せられるだろう。

He will be punished.tatoeba

彼は罰せられたが、それは当然のことだ。

He was rightly punished.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Punishment. 罒 (net) + 言 (words) + 刂 (knife) — the caught are judged by words and punished.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 罰

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step