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HSK 6
刑
xíng
1.
punishment
2.
penalty
3.
sentence
4.
torture
5.
corporal punishment
Very Common • Top 5%
✏️ 6 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
体刑
tǐxíng
corporal punishment
刑事
xíngshì
criminal
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
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,086
- Word Frequency Rank
- 4,000 of 84,292