Kanken 1
笞

Meaning

Kanji 笞

crime punishable by flogging

crime punishable by flogging, rod, scourge, whip

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
しもとむち
Onyomi 音読み
チ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
11
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
怠 • 胎 • 治 • 始 • 紿 • 台 • 乨

Related vocabulary

3 common entries

Showing 3 of 4 entries that include this kanji.

鞭

むち

whip

笞

しもと

scourge

笞刑

ちけい

flogging

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

昔は笞で罰することがあった。

In the past, people were sometimes punished with a whip.

罪人は笞を受けることになった。

The criminal was sentenced to receive flogging.

笞という字にはむちの意味がある。

That character has the meaning of a whip.

役人は笞を手にして立っていた。

The official stood holding a whip in his hand.

古い記録には笞で打つ刑が見える。

Old records show a punishment involving whipping.