to punish / to penalize

= + + : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is working in the ashram's kitchen (a2). There is a huge advertising column (讠) displaying that if anyone should clean the fishing nets (罒) with a kitchen knife (刂) and accidentally damage the net in the process, he or she has to pay a fine (罚).
variant of 罰|罚[fa2]

= + + : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is working in the ashram's kitchen (a2). There is a huge advertising column (讠) displaying that if anyone should clean the fishing nets (罒) with a kitchen knife (刂) and accidentally damage the net in the process, he or she has to pay a fine (罚).

罚 character breakdown

Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a kitchen knife. Don Quixote (d) is showing off his special knifes in front of the aorta (ao1). One is made from a dinosaur bone (丨), and the other is made from a crowbar (亅).
net (Kangxi radical 122)

This one just looks like a fishing net. Willy walrus (w) is trying to fish frozen fish from the freezer with a net (罒) inside the anglepod's living room (ang3).
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).

Characters with 罚 as component

罚 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 罚

penalty / punishment / to punish
to penalize / penalty
penalty (kick)
to excommunicate
Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1]
disproportionate punishment / the punishment is harsher than the crime
to forfeit one's salary
(of a referee) to send a player off the field
penal provision / penalty
to punish a student by having him stand in a half-squatting position with arms extended forward
violation ticket / infringement notice
to make a student write sth out many times, as a punishment / writing lines
to be made to stand still as a punishment
lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom) / fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure
penal provision; penalty
to be punished / to be fined
to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit / fig. to hesitate to do sth until forced to do even more
to commute a prison sentence to a fine (Tw)

Sentences with 罚

罚 currently does not appear in any sentence.