Word Meaning 死刑

しけい shikei

死刑 is read as しけい (shikei) and means death penalty.

Meaning

English

  1. death penalty
  2. capital punishment

Reading

Kana

しけい

Romaji

shikei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 2605 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

死刑囚

しけいしゅう

criminal condemned to death

死刑制度

しけいせいど

capital punishment

死刑判決

しけいはんけつ

death sentence

死刑場

しけいじょう

place of execution

死刑執行人

しけいしっこうにん

executioner

死刑台

しけいだい

scaffold

死刑執行

しけいしっこう

execution

死刑宣告

しけいせんこく

death sentence

死刑廃止

しけいはいし

abolition of the death penalty

死刑確定者

しけいかくていしゃ

criminal condemned to death

羨ま死刑

うらやましけい

being jealous of someone over something but also thinking they should be sentenced to death over it (esp. of male teachers having sexual relations with their students)

刑死

けいし

execution

Example Sentences

2

さいばんかんはかれにしけいをいいわたした。

The judge sentenced him to death.

このくにではしけいがはいしされた。

The death penalty has been abolished in this country.