Word Meaning

はなきり hanakiri

劓 is read as はなきり (hanakiri) and means cutting off the nose (form of punishment in ancient China).

Meaning

English

  1. cutting off the nose (form of punishment in ancient China)

Reading

Kana

はなきり

Romaji

hanakiri

Study Signals and Categories

Rank 165578 Priority Z

Example Sentences

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むかし、そのくにではおもいつみにたいしてはなきりがおこなわれた。

In the past, that country imposed nose-cutting as a punishment for serious crimes.

ふるいきろくには、ぬすびとにはなきりをかしたとある。

Old records say that thieves were sentenced to nose-cutting.

れきしのじゅぎょうではなきりというけいばつをまなんだ。

We learned about the punishment of cutting off the nose in history class.

そのほうりつははなきりをきんじるためにあらためられた。

The law was revised to prohibit the punishment of cutting off the nose.

いまでははなきりのようなけいばつはのこっていない。

Today, punishments like cutting off the nose no longer exist.