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黥 — 20 strokes ／ Radical「黑」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 20 strokes ／ Radical「黑」
On
ケイ・ゲイけい・げい · kei · gei
Kun
いれずみirezumi
Meaning
a tattoo as punishment

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Black 黒 with 京, a capital, as phonetic: the punishment of tattooing a criminal’s face.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 黥いれずみ

    a tattoo

  • 刑罰けいばつ

    a punishment

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

黥は古代(こだい)の刑罰(けいばつ)だった。

Tattooing was a punishment in antiquity.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

刑罰刑罰黥刑punish…罰punish…黔black黜to dem…黝dark…黠crafty黯dark艾mugwor…冏bright炯bright挂to han…奎the Le…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 黑Map of reading ケイAll maps

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