Word Meaning 五刑

ごけい gokei

五刑 is read as ごけい (gokei) and means five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death).

Meaning

English

five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death)
five punishments (of the ritsuryō system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)

Reading

Kana

ごけい

Romaji

gokei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 47854 Priority H

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