断頭台

だんとうだい

Meanings

1. Noun (beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold

Kanji

• 断 sever. Read as ダン.
• 頭 head. Read as トウ.
• 台 platform. Read as ダイ.

Example sentences

• チャールズ１世は断頭台で処刑された。
  Charles I had his head cut off.

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