刑 — kanji meaning “punish”
刑
punish, penalty, sentence, punishment
- Meanings
- punish, penalty, sentence, punishment
- On'yomi
- ケイ (kei)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- おさか、ぎょう
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #864 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 18
- Chinese reading
- xíng — Chinese character page
Words with 刑
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刑事 | けいじ keiji | (police) detective |
| 死刑 | しけい shikei | death penalty; capital punishment |
| 刑務所 | けいむしょ keimusho | prison; jail; gaol |
| 処刑 | しょけい shokei | execution |
| 刑法 | けいほう keihou | criminal law; penal code |
| 実刑 | じっけい jikkei | prison sentence (without a stay of execution) |
| 受刑 | じゅけい jukei | punishment |
| 刑罰 | けいばつ keibatsu | (criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence |
| 求刑 | きゅうけい kyuukei | recommended sentence; prosecution's demand for punishment |
| 絞首刑 | こうしゅけい koushukei | death by hanging; execution by hanging |
| 量刑 | りょうけい ryoukei | judge's sentence; assessment of a case |
| 刑事 | でか deka | (police) detective |
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