刑 (けい): penalty, sentence, punishment — Japanese vocabulary
刑 is read けい and means "penalty, sentence, punishment". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
刑
- Reading
- けい · kei
- Translation
- penalty, sentence, punishment
- Level
- JLPT N3
- Pitch accent
- けいが
Example
彼は死刑に処せられた。
かれはしけいにしょせられた。
He was sentenced to death.
Kanji in this word
- 刑 — penalty, punishment
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