123456
Keyword
criminal punishment
  • punish
  • penalty
  • sentence
  • punishment
Frequency
#864
Strokes
6
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
734
Readings
ケイ100%
Mnemonic
An oriental lantern swings above a table where a knife lies waiting, lighting the dreaded scene of criminal punishment.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
刑けい事じ
(police) detective; criminal matter
Noun
死し刑けい
death penalty; capital punishment
Noun
処しょ刑けい
execution
Noun
刑けい務む所しょ
prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary
Noun
刑けい
penalty; sentence; punishment
Noun
刑けい事じ責せき任にん
criminal liability
Noun
求きゅう刑けい
recommended sentence; prosecution's demand for punishment
Noun
死し刑けい囚しゅう
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
Noun
刑けい法ほう
criminal law; penal code
Noun
実じっ刑けい
prison sentence (without a stay of execution)
Noun
刑けい事じ補ほ償しょう
criminal indemnity
Noun
量りょう刑けい
judge's sentence; assessment of a case
Noun
受じゅ刑けい
punishment
Noun
刑けい罰ばつ
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
Noun
刑で事か
(police) detective
Noun
刑けい期き
prison term
Noun
磔刑はりつけ
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
Noun
減げん刑けい
reduction of penalty; commutation of a sentence
Noun
絞こう首しゅ刑けい
death by hanging; execution by hanging
Noun
刑けい務む
correctional matters (of a crime); prison affairs
Noun
極きょっ刑けい
capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment
Noun
刑けい部ぶ
Ministry of Justice (in Tang dynasty China)
Noun
流りゅう刑けい
exile; banishment; deportation
Noun