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The kanji 刑: meaning, readings and stroke order

刑

Meaning
punishment, penalty
On reading
ケイ kei
Kun reading
—
Strokes
6
Radical
刀 knife, sword
Level
Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Stroke order of 刑, 6 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
hình phạt (hình)
Japanese
つみに たいする ばつ。
Korean
형벌, 벌 (형)
Chinese
刑罚

Readings, words and example sentences

ケイ kei · on reading · less common

Practise writing 刑 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 刑 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 8 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.