黥 — 20 strokes ／ Radical「黑」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 20 strokes ／ Radical「黑」
- On
- ケイ・ゲイ
- Kun
- いれずみ
- Meaning
- a tattoo as punishment
Origin
Black 黒 with 京, a capital, as phonetic: the punishment of tattooing a criminal’s face.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 黥いれずみ
a tattoo
- 刑罰けいばつ
a punishment
Example
黥は古代の刑罰だった。
Tattooing was a punishment in antiquity.
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