Keyword
punishment
- penalty
- law
- Frequency
- #1050
- Strokes
- 6
Readings
xíng100%
Mnemonic
A man 刂 in jail 开
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
刑事
criminal; penal
死刑
death penalty; capital punishment
刑罚
sentence; penalty; punishment
刑法
criminal law
判刑
to sentence (to prison etc)
徒刑
prison sentence
有期徒刑
limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)
刑
punishment; penalty; sentence; torture; corporal punishment
酷刑
cruelty; torture
刑部
Ministry of Justice (in imperial China)
服刑
to serve a prison sentence
缓刑
suspended sentence; probation
刑期
prison term
行刑
to carry out a (death) sentence; execution
刑警
criminal police (abbr. for 刑事警察 (xíngshìjǐngchá))
无期徒刑
life imprisonment
减刑
to reduce penalty; shortened or commuted (judicial) sentence
刑场
execution ground
量刑
(law) to determine the sentence
绞刑
to execute by hanging
鞭刑
caning (corporal punishment)
受刑
beaten; tortured; executed
处刑
to sentence; to condemn
刑事犯罪
criminal offense