Hanja Analyzer
刑

刑 — hyeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
형벌 형
Romanization
hyeong
English
punishment, penalty; law
Mandarin
xíng
Japanese on'yomi
ケイ, ギョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
しおき のり
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#864 of 2,500
Strokes
6
Radical
刀 (18, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
井
Unicode
U+5211

Parts that make up 刑

  • 开 variant of 幵 나란히 세운 방패 둘‘견·형’ 계열의 소리
  • 刂 칼 도variant of 刀 칼날베고 가르는 일. 오른쪽에서 刂 로 쓴다

How 刑 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 刑 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 井, 刀.

Korean example words with 刑

  • 참형慘刑 Korean gloss: 참혹한 형벌
  • 중형重刑 Korean gloss: 아주 무거운 형벌
  • 형기刑期 Korean gloss: 형벌의 집행 기간
  • 방형邦刑 Korean gloss: 나라의 형법(刑法)
  • 완형緩刑 Korean gloss: 형벌을 너그럽게 함
  • 천형天刑 Korean gloss: 하늘이 내리는 큰 벌
  • 형장刑場 Korean gloss: 사형을 집행하는 장소
  • 음형淫刑 Korean gloss: 음란하고 추잡스러운 형벌
  • 형액刑厄 Korean gloss: 형벌을 받게 되는 불행한 운
  • 분형焚刑 Korean gloss: 사람을 불에 태워 죽이는 형벌
  • 화형火刑 Korean gloss: 사람을 불에 태워 죽이는 형벌
  • 위형威刑 Korean gloss: 위력과 형벌. 또는 위엄 있는 형벌

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 刑

  • 刑事けいじ (police) detective; criminal matter
  • 死刑しけい death penalty; capital punishment
  • 刑けい penalty; sentence; punishment
  • 刑務所けいむしょ prison; jail; gaol
  • 求刑きゅうけい recommended sentence; prosecution's demand for punishment
  • 刑法けいほう criminal law; penal code
  • 実刑じっけい prison sentence (without a stay of execution)
  • 処刑しょけい execution
  • 刑事責任けいじせきにん criminal liability
  • 死刑囚しけいしゅう criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
  • 量刑りょうけい judge's sentence; assessment of a case
  • 受刑じゅけい punishment

Characters sharing the phonetic 井

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “형”

Other hanja with radical 刀

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