Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 刑


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Meaning

punishment, penalty

Pronunciation

KEI

Explanation

Left: open (image of a toori, the entrance gate of a Shintō-shrine), right: knife

Mnemonic

Who openly uses his knife must be punished.

Radicals

open(Image of a toori, the entrance gate of a Shinto shrine, with a double traverse beam)
cut(Variante of sword )
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Vocabulary

けい penalty, sentence, punishment
刑事 けいじ criminal case, (police) detective
刑罰 けいばつ judgement, penalty, punishment
死刑 しけい death penalty, capital punishment

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