刑
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Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 井 represents the sound.
Components
井 Phonetic component
jǐng well
well, mine shaft, pit
Modern form looks like 开.
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Historical Evolution
刑
Bronze
Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
刑
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
刑
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
刑
Regular
Modern
Chinese
刑 [Xíng]
surname Xing
刑 [xíng]
punishment; penalty; sentence; torture; corporal punishment
Japanese
penalty; sentence; punishment
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (121)
死刑 [sǐxíng] #2,934
death penalty
刑事 [xíngshì] #5,976
criminal
刑警 [xíngjǐng] #8,576
abbr. for 刑事警察[xíngshìjǐngchá]
有期徒刑 [yǒuqītúxíng] #24,546
limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)
服刑 [fúxíng] #7,566
to serve a prison sentence
刑法 [xíngfǎ] #22,092
criminal law
判刑 [pànxíng] #12,350
to sentence (to prison etc)
缓刑 [huǎnxíng] #12,169
suspended sentence
缓刑 [huǎnxíng] #12,169
suspended sentence
刑期 [xíngqī] #10,186
prison term
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JAPANESE WORDS (148)
⭐ 処刑 [しょけい] #5,313
execution
⭐ 死刑 [しけい] #9,740
death penalty
⭐ 刑務所 [けいむしょ] #12,315
prison
磔 [はりつけ] #24,341
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears
⭐ 刑罰 [けいばつ] #24,470
(criminal) punishment
極刑 [きょっけい] #27,644
capital punishment
⭐ 死刑囚 [しけいしゅう] #29,670
criminal condemned to death
公開処刑 [こうかいしょけい] #33,731
public execution
死刑宣告 [しけいせんこく] #34,449
death sentence
死刑執行 [しけいしっこう] #36,126
execution
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KOREAN WORDS (25)
형사 #4,760
criminal case
사형 #5,674
death penalty; capital punishment
사형수 #27,846
death row inmate; prisoner on death row
형무소 #29,537
prison; jail
교수형 #34,937
hanging
구형 #39,763
prosecutor's proposal of punishment for the accused
감형
commutation
극형
death penalty; capital punishment
금고형
imprisonment
무기형
life sentence
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