Chinese symbol for “execution”
处死
chǔ sǐ
Traditional: 處死
an execution; to put sb to death
The closest CC-CEDICT match for execution is 处死 (chǔ sǐ), defined as: an execution; to put sb to death.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “execution”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 行刑 | xíng xíng | to carry out a (death) sentence; execution |
| 极刑 (極刑) | jí xíng | supreme penalty; execution |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 处死.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 处理 (處理) | chǔ lǐ | to handle; to deal with; to punish |
| 处于 (處於) | chǔ yú | to be in (some state, position, or condition) |
| 到处 (到處) | dào chù | everywhere |
| 好处 (好處) | hǎo chǔ | easy to get along with |
| 处罚 (處罰) | chǔ fá | to penalize; to punish |
| 死亡 | sǐ wáng | to die; death |
| 杀死 (殺死) | shā sǐ | to kill |
| 死刑 | sǐ xíng | death penalty; capital punishment |
See also: Japanese symbol for “execution”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.