xíng

punishment

surname Xing; penalty; sentence; torture; corporal punishment

open/exposed (开) + blade (刂) = punishment

A blade enforces the limits that keep order — cross them and punishment follows. The image is stark: a knife laid against what is open or exposed.

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法官宣布了对他的罚。

fǎ guān xuān bù le duì tā de xíng fá。

The judge announced the punishment for him.

他因为犯罪被判了三年有期徒

tā yīn wèi fàn zuì bèi pàn le sān nián yǒu qī tú xíng。

He was sentenced to three years of fixed-term imprisonment for committing a crime.

Words with 刑

临刑

lín xíng

facing execution

酷刑

kù xíng

cruelty; torture

酷刑折磨

kù xíng zhé mó

torture and cruel treatment

量刑

liàng xíng

(law) to determine the sentence

电刑

diàn xíng

to torture sb using electricity

体刑

tǐ xíng

corporal punishment

上刑

shàng xíng

severe punishment

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]

行刑

xíng xíng

to carry out a (death) sentence

行刑队

xíng xíng duì

firing squad

刑事

xíng shì

criminal; penal

刑事审判庭

xíng shì shěn pàn tíng

criminal court

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