Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

刑: punish, penalty

Also: sentence, punishment

JLPT N16 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

刂 carries the meaning · 开 gives the sound

6 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ケイkei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 刑けいpenalty; sentence; punishment
  • 刑事けいじ(police) detective
  • 死刑しけいdeath penalty; capital punishment
  • 求刑きゅうけいrecommended sentence
  • 刑法けいほうcriminal law; penal code
  • 実刑じっけいprison sentence (without a stay of…
  • 処刑しょけい
  • 量刑りょうけいjudge's sentence; assessment of a case

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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
开

Also built on 开

刂

Also built on knife (刂)

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刑 gives its sound to

The family reading is ケイ (kei). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read ケイ

41 kanji share this on'yomiAll 41

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
刑 punish · 开
vs刊 publish · 干
刑 has 开 where 刊 has 干.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xíng

Same form: 刑 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
刑 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
刑 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin xíng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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