五刑

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刑
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] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]

Characters and words in 五刑

五
wǔ = w + Ø3
five / 5
五 = 王 + 丨 : A pentagram.
五 = 王 + 丨 : Martin Luther King helps Willy Walrus to construct a pentagram out of dinosaur bones inside the space station.
刑
xíng = xi + (e)ng2
surname Xing
刑 = 刂 + 开 : A device with a knife and a bottle opener is a Swiss pocket knife. Marie Curie is awaiting punishment for smuggling a Swiss pocket knife past the engine's kitchen. The punishment is that her Swiss pocket knife will be taken away.
刑
xíng = xi + (e)ng2
punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment
刑 = 刂 + 开 : A device with a knife and a bottle opener is a Swiss pocket knife. Marie Curie is awaiting punishment for smuggling a Swiss pocket knife past the engine's kitchen. The punishment is that her Swiss pocket knife will be taken away.

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