Word Meaning 斬首刑

ざんしゅけい zanshukei

斬首刑 is read as ざんしゅけい (zanshukei) and means decapitation.

Meaning

English

  1. decapitation

Reading

Kana

ざんしゅけい

Romaji

zanshukei

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

斬首

ざんしゅ

decapitated head

絞首刑

こうしゅけい

death by hanging

首を斬る

くびをきる

to behead

斬新

ざんしん

novel

斬る

きる

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)

死刑

しけい

death penalty

けい

penalty

処刑

しょけい

execution

流刑

るけい

exile

求刑

きゅうけい

recommended sentence

実刑

じっけい

prison sentence (without a stay of execution)

受刑

じゅけい

punishment