誅 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「言」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「言」
- On
- チュウ・チュ
- Kun
- ちゅう.する・ころ.す・せ.める
- Meaning
- to put to death for a crime
Origin
Word 言 with 朱, vermilion, as phonetic: to charge with a crime and strike down.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 天誅てんちゅう
divine punishment
- 誅殺ちゅうさつ
putting to death
Example
天誅が下ったと噂される。
It is rumoured that divine punishment has fallen.
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