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刑
Xíng
1. surname Xing
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 6 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

刑
xíng
punishment, penalty; law
HSK 6 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

体刑
tǐxíng
corporal punishment
刑事
xíngshì
criminal
HSK 6
极刑
jíxíng
supreme penalty
死刑
sǐxíng
death penalty
水刑
shuǐxíng
water-boarding (torture)
流刑
liúxíng
exile (as form of punishment)
减刑
jiǎnxíng
to reduce penalty
滥刑
lànxíng
indiscriminate punishment
火刑
huǒxíng
execution by fire
获刑
huòxíng
to be punished
石刑
shíxíng
stoning (execution method)
获刑
huòxíng
to be punished
笞刑
chīxíng
whipping with bamboo strips (as corporal punishment)
绞刑
jiǎoxíng
to execute by hanging
缓刑
huǎnxíng
stay of execution
肉刑
ròuxíng
corporal punishment (such as castration or amputation)
腐刑
fǔxíng
castration (a form of punishment during the Han period)
膑刑
bìnxíng
removal of the kneecaps (punishment)
临刑
línxíng
facing execution
苦刑
kǔxíng
torture

Alternate Entries

刑
xíng
punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,086
Word Frequency Rank
4,000 of 84,292