刑

penalty; punish; sentence; punishment

6 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 864.

Readings

• ケイ (on reading): 刑務所 (けいむしょ) prison; 死刑 (しけい) death penalty

Components

• 开
• 刂
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 一 radical one
• 二 radical two
• ⺉ radical knife, right-side form of 刀
• 廾 radical two hands

Kanji containing 刑

• 型 mould
• 荊 thorn

Words using 刑

• 刑務所 (けいむしょ) prison
• 死刑 (しけい) death penalty
• 処刑 (しょけい) execution
• 刑事 (けいじ) (police) detective
• 刑 (けい) penalty
• 刑部省 (ぎょうぶしょう) Ministry of Justice (1869-1871)
• 歳刑 (さいきょう) Saikyō

153 words in all.

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