Kanji

刑

Meaning

punish penalty sentence

Readings

On'yomi

  • けい じ (police) detective
  • し けい death penalty
  • けい penalty

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/6

Related Entries

刑 けい
penalty, sentence, punishment

Component Analysis

刑
punish, penalty, sentence...
ケイ
开
( 幵 ) open, initiate, begin...
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
廾
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
にじゅう, キョウ, ク
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
刂
( 刀 ) knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)
トウ

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