刖
刖
yuè
to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China); see also 五刑[wu3 xing2]
verb
Character Breakdown
Radical: 刀 (no. 18)
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- (verb) to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China)
- see also 五刑[wu3 xing2]
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Related Words
五刑(wǔ xíng)— imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]
→左右开弓(zuǒ yòu kāi gōng)— lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
→刑(Xíng)— surname Xing
→三法司(sān fǎ sī)— the three judicial chief ministries (in imperial China)
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