黥

tatooing

20 strokes.

Readings

• ゲイ (on reading): 黥面 (げいめん) face tattoo; 黥首 (げいしゅ) tattooing the forehead of a criminal (Edo-period punishment)
• ケイ (on reading)
• いれずみ (kun reading)

Components

• 黑
• 京
• 亠 radical lid
• 口 radical mouth
• 小 radical small
• ⺣ radical fire, bottom form of 火
• 里 radical village; ri
• 黒 radical black

Words using 黥

• 黥面 (げいめん) face tattoo
• 黥首 (げいしゅ) tattooing the forehead of a criminal (Edo-period punishment)
• 黥 (げい) tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one)
• 黥く (めさく) to tattoo a criminal around the eye (form of punishment in ancient Japan)

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists