刑

Translingual

Han character

刑 (radical 18 刀+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一廿中弓 (MTLN), four-corner 1240₀, composition ⿰开刂)

1. punishment, penalty
2. law

Derived characters

• 侀 硎 鉶 (铏) 荊 型

References

• KangXi: page 137, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1886
• Dae Jaweon: page 308, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 324, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5211

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		刑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíng (xing²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): hêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Wade-Giles: hsing²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyng
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴
    • Yale: yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng
    • Tâi-lô: hîng
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɪŋ¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (刑, reconstructed)
Character (刑), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 匣 (33) Final: 青 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 戸經切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦeŋ/	/ɣieŋ/	/ɣeŋ/	/ɦeŋ/	/ɦɛjŋ/	/ɣieŋ/	/ɣɛŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (刑, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
刑								xíng								‹ heng ›								/*[ɢ]ˤeŋ/								punish(ment)
刑								xíng								‹ heng ›								/*[ɢ]ˤeŋ/								model, form
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
刑					6861					井					耕					0					㓝					/*ɡeːŋ/

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Japanese

Kanji

刑

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. punishment
2. regulation
3. punish

Readings

• Goon: ぎょう (gyō)
• Kan’on: けい (kei)
• Nanori: のり (nori)

Compounds

刑部省 刑事

刑場 刑罰

刑法

刑余

References

• Shift JIS: 8C59
• JIS: 373A

Noun

刑 (hiragana けい, romaji kei)

1. punishment

Suffix

刑 (hiragana けい, romaji -kei)

1. punishment

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Korean

Hanja

刑 (hyeong) (hangeul 형, revised hyeong, McCune-Reischauer hyŏng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

刑 (hình)

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