hanziDB Explore Chinese characters. Meaning, pinyin, strokes and much more.
Most common HSK characters PRC's standard

Dictionary - results for 五刑

SimplifiedTraditionalPinyinEnglish
xíng- imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead [mo4], cutting off the nose [yi4], amputation of one or both feet [yue4], castration |[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]
- Han dynasty onwards: whipping [chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns [zhang4], forced labor [tu2], exile or banishment [liu2], capital punishment [si3]

This website combine data from several databases (notably: Unihan, CC-CEDICT). Please be aware that some information presented may be incorrect, especially for very rare Chinese characters. We take no responsibility for incorrect data, though we constantly try to make the website as accurate as possible.

Random character: . Page Generation Time: 0.396 [s]. Home - About website. See also: prime numbers, online tools.