Word Meaning

chi

笞 is read as ち (chi) and means caning (10-50 strokes; least severe of the five ritsuryō punishments).

Meaning

English

  1. caning (10-50 strokes; least severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

Reading

Kana

Romaji

chi

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 159796 Priority Z

Example Sentences

9

むかしはむちでばっすることがあった。

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

ざいにんはむちをうけることになった。

The criminal was sentenced to receive flogging.

ちというじにはむちのいみがある。

That character has the meaning of a whip.

やくにんはむちをてにしてたっていた。

The official stood holding a whip in his hand.

ふるいきろくにはむちでうつけいがみえる。

Old records show a punishment involving whipping.

かれはむちのようなほそいぼうをもっていた。

He was carrying a thin rod like a whip.

せんせいはちのよみかたをこてんのじゅぎょうでせつめいした。

The teacher explained how to read that character in classical literature class.

そのほうではむちにあたるつみもさだめられていた。

That law also defined offenses punishable by flogging.

ものがたりにはむちをおそれるひとびとのすがたがえがかれている。

The story depicts people who fear the whip.