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刑
xíng
1. punishment
2. penalty
3. sentence
4. torture
5. corporal punishment
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 6 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

刑
xíng
punishment, penalty; law
HSK 6 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

五刑
wǔxíng
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead [[墨<mò>]], cutting off the nose [[劓<yì>]], amputation of one or both feet [[刖<yuè>]], castration [[宮|宫<gōng>]], execution [[大辟<dàpì>]]
刑事
xíngshì
criminal
HSK 6
刑人
xíngrén
criminal to be executed
刑具
xíngjù
punishment equipment
刑名
xíngmíng
criminal law (abbr. for pre-Han legalist school [[刑名之学]])
刑堂
xíngtáng
torture chamber
刑场
xíngchǎng
execution ground
刑天
Xíngtiān
Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor [[黃帝|黄帝<Huángdì>]]
刑庭
xíngtíng
criminal court
刑律
xínglǚ
criminal law
刑戮
xínglù
executed
刑房
xíngfáng
office of punishment
刑拘
xíngjū
to detain as criminal
刑期
xíngqī
prison term
刑案
xíngàn
criminal case
刑求
xíngqiú
to extort confession by torture
刑法
xíngfǎ
criminal law
刑满
xíngmǎn
to complete a prison sentence
刑网
xíngwǎng
legal net
刑罚
xíngfá
sentence

Alternate Entries

刑
Xíng
surname Xing

Metadata

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

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