刑

See also: 形

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 侀 硎 鉶 (铏) 荊 型

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		刑

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (井) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
硎	*kʰreːŋ, *ɡeːŋ
耕	*kreːŋ
荊	*keŋ
井	*skeŋʔ
丼	*kl'oːmʔ, *skeŋʔ
妌	*sɡeŋʔ
穽	*sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs
阱	*sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs
汫	*sɡeːŋʔ
刑	*ɡeːŋ
形	*ɡeːŋ
邢	*ɡeːŋ
鉶	*ɡeːŋ
型	*ɡeːŋ
侀	*ɡeːŋ

Originally written as 㓝, ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 井 + 刂. Later corrupted as ⿰幵刂, phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡeːŋ) : phonetic 幵 (OC *kŋeːn) + semantic 刂.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíng (xing²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²
    • Yale: syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyng
    • Palladius: син (sin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jing⁴
    • Yale: yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng
    • Tâi-lô: hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: heeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /heŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: heng

Rime
Character	刑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	戸經切
Baxter	heng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦeŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦeŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣeŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xíng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jing4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ˤeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	刑	刑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xíng	xíng
Middle Chinese	‹ heng ›	‹ heng ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ˁeŋ/	/*[ɢ]ˁeŋ/
English	punish(ment)	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	刑
Reading #	1/1
No.	6861
Phonetic component	井
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	㓝
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 刑

1. penalty; sentence; punishment
2. corporal punishment; torture
3. to slaughter; to massacre
4. Xing

Synonyms

• (penalty): 刑罰／刑罚 (xíngfá)
• (corporal punishment): 體罰／体罚 (tǐfá)
• (to slaughter):

(deprecated template usage)

• 剿戮 (jiǎolù) (archaic)
• 屠宰 (túzǎi) (an animal for food)
• 屠戮 (túlù) (literary)
• 屠殺／屠杀 (túshā) (in large numbers)
• 慘殺／惨杀 (cǎnshā) (to kill in cold blood)
• 故意殺人／故意杀人 (gùyì shārén) (law, mainland China)
• 殘殺／残杀 (cánshā)
• 殛斃／殛毙 (jíbì) (literary)
• 殺／杀
• 殺人／杀人 (shārén) (to kill someone)
• 殺害／杀害 (shāhài)
• 殺戮／杀戮 (shālù) (literary)
• 殺死／杀死 (shāsǐ)
• 解決／解决 (jiějué) (euphemism)
• 誅殺／诛杀 (zhūshā) (literary)
• 謀殺／谋杀 (móushā)
• 辦／办 (bàn) (euphemism)

 

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Japanese

Kanji

刑

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. penalty, punishment
2. to punish
3. to execute (to kill as a penalty)

Readings

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←ぎやう (gyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)
• Kun: しおき (shioki); おしおき (oshioki)
• Nanori: のり (nori)

Compounds

• 刑(ぎょう)部(ぶ)省(しょう) (gyōbushō)
• 刑(けい)罪(ざい) (keizai)
• 刑(けい)死(し) (keishi)
• 刑(けい)事(じ) (keiji)
• 刑(けい)場(じょう) (keijō)

• 刑(けい)罰(ばつ) (keibatsu)
• 刑(けい)法(ほう) (keihō)
• 刑(けい)務(む)所(しょ) (keimusho)
• 刑(けい)余(よ) (keiyo)
• 刑(けい)吏(り) (keiri)

• 寛(かん)刑(けい) (kankei)
• 求(きゅう)刑(けい) (kyūkei)
• 宮(きゅう)刑(けい) (kyūkei)
• 厳(げん)刑(けい) (genkei)
• 減(げん)刑(けい) (genkei)

• 死(し)刑(けい) (shikei)
• 終(しゅう)身(しん)刑(けい) (shūshinkei)
• 処(しょ)刑(けい) (shokei)
• 磔(たっ)刑(けい) (takkei)
• 笞(ち)刑(けい) (chikei)

References

• Template:S-JIS
• Template:JIS

Noun

刑(けい) • (kei) 

1. punishment

Suffix

刑(けい) • (-kei) 

1. punishment; sentence; penalty

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Korean

Hanja

刑 (eum 형 (hyeong))

1. punishment, penalty
2. law

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Vietnamese

Han character

刑: Hán Nôm readings: hình

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