Chinese symbol for “inquisition”
刑讯
xíng xùn
Traditional: 刑訊
interrogation under torture; inquisition
The closest CC-CEDICT match for inquisition is 刑讯 (xíng xùn), defined as: interrogation under torture; inquisition.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 刑讯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刑事 | xíng shì | criminal; penal |
| 死刑 | sǐ xíng | death penalty; capital punishment |
| 刑罚 (刑罰) | xíng fá | sentence; penalty |
| 刑法 | xíng fǎ | criminal law |
| 判刑 | pàn xíng | to sentence (to prison etc) |
| 徒刑 | tú xíng | prison sentence |
| 资讯 (資訊) | zī xùn | information |
| 通讯 (通訊) | tōng xùn | communications; news story |
See also: Japanese symbol for “inquisition”.
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.