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Chinese symbol for “stoning”

石刑
shí xíng
stoning (execution method)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for stoning is 石刑 (shí xíng), defined as: stoning (execution method).

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Characters and stroke order

石 shí
stone, rock, mineral
radical 112 ⽯ · 5 strokes
刑 xíng
punishment, penalty; law
radical 18 ⼑ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 石刑.

WordPinyinMeaning
石油shí yóuoil; petroleum
石头 (石頭)shí toustone; 块 (kuài)
钻石 (鑽石)zuàn shídiamond; 颗 (kē)
岩石yán shí(geology) rock
宝石 (寶石)bǎo shíprecious stone; gem; measure word: 枚 (méi), 颗 (kē)
化石huà shífossil
刑事xíng shìcriminal; penal
死刑sǐ xíngdeath penalty; capital punishment

See also: Japanese symbol for “stoning”.

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.