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    3. 刑

    刑

    刑ケイ

    punish

    N1KMT6Freq #864Politics & LawKanji6 strokes

    On'yomi

    ケイ

    Nanori

    おさかぎょう

    punishpenaltysentencepunishment

    开刂

    干
    十
    刂
    刀

    Stroke 0 / 6

    Speed1.0x

    刊判

    Alternative forms of this concept

    刂
    ⺈

    Concepts using this kanji

    刑事

    (police) detective

    死刑

    death penalty

    刑

    penalty

    求刑

    recommended sentence

    刑務所

    prison

    実刑

    prison sentence (without a stay of execution)

    刑法

    criminal law

    処刑

    execution

    刑事責任

    criminal liability

    受刑

    punishment

    刑事事件

    criminal case

    量刑

    judge's sentence

    死刑囚

    criminal condemned to death

    刑罰

    (criminal) punishment

    刑期

    prison term

    減刑

    reduction of penalty

    刑事補償

    criminal indemnity

    絞首刑

    death by hanging

    極刑

    capital punishment

    五刑

    five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death)

    刑事ドラマ

    police drama (television)

    体刑

    corporal punishment

    主刑

    principal penalty

    刑部

    Ministry of Justice (in Tang dynasty China)

    私刑を加える

    to take the law into one's own hands

    流刑

    exile

    刑事上

    penal

    刑名

    penalty designations

    刑法学

    criminal jurisprudence

    受刑者

    prisoner

    刑場

    place of execution

    法定刑

    statutory penalty

    私刑

    punishment without a legal trial

    行刑

    execution of a sentence (esp. imprisonment)

    刑死

    execution

    自由刑

    freedom-restricting punishment

    行刑官

    prison official

    死刑場

    place of execution

    不定期刑

    indeterminate sentence

    死刑台

    scaffold

    刑務官

    prison officer

    流刑地

    penal colony

    刑事法院

    criminal court

    石打ち刑

    stoning (punishment)

    部長刑事

    detective-sergeant

    実刑判決

    unsuspended prison sentence

    流刑者

    person in exile

    身体刑

    corporal punishment

    有期刑

    definite term (of a prison sentence)

    最高刑

    maximum punishment

    死刑判決

    death sentence

    付加刑

    supplementary punishment

    重刑

    heavy sentence

    刑務作業

    penal labour

    刑事処分

    criminal punishment

    死刑制度

    capital punishment

    天刑

    divine punishment

    無期刑

    life imprisonment

    処刑場

    place of execution

    刑事裁判

    criminal trial

    処刑台

    scaffold

    刑事施設

    penal detention facility

    宮刑

    second most severe of the five punishments of ancient China (castration for men, confinement for women)

    日本刑法学会

    Criminal Law Society of Japan

    刑訴法

    Code of Criminal Procedure

    刑部省

    Ministry of Justice (1869-1871)

    刑事告訴

    criminal complaint

    刑事司法

    criminal justice

    論告求刑

    closing argument and sentencing recommendation (of a prosecutor)

    刑に処する

    to sentence

    歳刑

    Saikyō

    火刑

    burning at the stake

    公開処刑

    public execution

    刑余者

    ex-convict

    刑務所長

    warden

    国際刑事法

    international criminal law

    刑事被告

    the accused

    刑事捜査

    criminal investigation

    少年刑務所

    juvenile prison

    科刑

    imposing a punishment

    刑事被告人

    accused

    刑する

    to punish (esp. with death)

    刑す

    to punish (esp. with death)

    刑訴

    criminal action

    天刑病

    Hansen's disease

    刑事犯

    criminal offense

    生命刑

    death penalty

    刑務所送り

    sending (someone) to prison

    刑事訴追

    criminal prosecution

    終身刑

    life imprisonment

    応報刑論

    theory of retribution

    財産刑

    financial penalty

    死刑確定者

    criminal condemned to death

    死刑宣告

    death sentence

    刑具

    instruments of punishment

    私服刑事

    plainclothes police officer

    刑法犯

    criminal offense

    処断刑

    discretionary sentence

    裏山死刑

    being jealous of someone over something but also thinking they should be sentenced to death over it (esp. of male teachers having sexual relations with their students)

    刑余

    having served time in prison

    死刑執行人

    executioner

    死刑執行

    execution

    応報刑主義

    retributivism

    刑法典

    criminal code

    刑事司法制度

    criminal justice system

    死刑廃止

    abolition of the death penalty

    名誉刑

    stripping of honours (as a means of punishment)

    儀刑

    model

    刑徒

    condemned person

    徒刑

    penal servitude

    刑事訴訟

    criminal action

    刑務所暴動

    prison riot

    刑罰化

    adding a penalty to a crime (e.g. fines, prison)

    刑事罰

    criminal punishment

    刑事訴訟法

    Code of Criminal Procedure

    肉刑

    corporal punishment

    厳刑

    severe punishment

    刑事収容施設法

    Act on Penal Detention Facilities and the Treatment of Inmates and Detainees

    禁固刑

    (penalty of) imprisonment

    刑典

    criminal law books

    刑律

    criminal law

    国際刑事裁判所

    International Criminal Court

    罰金刑

    financial penalty

    罪刑法定主義

    nulla poena sine lege

    鬼刑事

    crack detective

    銃刑

    execute by shooting to death (by firing squad)

    懲役刑

    jail sentence

    拘禁刑

    imprisonment

    確定死刑囚

    criminal condemned to death

    刑事訴訟規則

    Rules of Criminal Procedure

    刑吏

    executioner

    絞刑

    death by hanging

    腐刑

    castration

    国際刑事警察機構

    International Criminal Police Organization

    刑獄

    jail

    斬首刑

    decapitation

    酷刑

    severe punishment

    焚刑

    burning at the stake

    墨刑

    tattooing (as a form of punishment in ancient China)

    絞刑吏

    hangman

    矯正協会刑務作業協力事業

    Correctional Association Prison Industry Cooperation

    刑戮

    punishment

    磔刑像

    crucifix

    笞刑

    flogging

    磔刑

    crucifixion

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    • 刂
    • 刀
    • 十
    • 干

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    • 刑事
    • 火刑
    • 求刑
    • 極刑
    • 刑
    • 刑期
    • 刑具
    • 刑獄
    • 刑死
    • 刑事裁判
    • 刑事事件
    • 刑事処分
    • 刑事上
    • 刑事訴訟
    • 刑事犯
    • 刑事被告
    • 刑事被告人
    • 刑場
    • 刑典
    • 刑徒
    • 刑罰
    • 刑法
    • 刑務官
    • 刑務作業
    • 刑務所
    • 刑務所長
    • 刑名
    • 刑余
    • 刑余者
    • 刑吏
    • 刑律
    • 刑戮
    • 厳刑
    • 減刑
    • 絞首刑
    • 酷刑
    • 私刑
    • 死刑
    • 死刑囚
    • 主刑
    • 受刑
    • 終身刑
    • 重刑
    • 処刑
    • 体刑
    • 天刑
    • 天刑病
    • 墨刑
    • 流刑
    • 流刑地
    • 磔刑
    • 儀刑
    • 刑事責任
    • 実刑
    • 量刑
    • 受刑者
    • 徒刑
    • 無期刑
    • 銃刑
    • 焚刑
    • 処刑台
    • 自由刑
    • 不定期刑
    • 宮刑
    • 有期刑
    • 死刑執行
    • 死刑場
    • 刑事補償
    • 刑事訴訟法
    • 鬼刑事
    • 腐刑
    • 刑事法院
    • 刑事捜査
    • 死刑制度
    • 死刑判決
    • 論告求刑
    • 絞刑
    • 絞刑吏
    • 刑法犯
    • 懲役刑
    • 最高刑
    • 死刑台
    • 禁固刑
    • 死刑廃止
    • 刑務所暴動
    • 行刑官
    • 五刑
    • 刑部
    • 刑する
    • 刑部省
    • 磔刑像
    • 国際刑事法
    • 死刑宣告
    • 刑す
    • 刑に処する
    • 刑事告訴
    • 国際刑事裁判所
    • 笞刑
    • 私刑を加える
    • 罪刑法定主義
    • 石打ち刑
    • 歳刑
    • 処刑場
    • 斬首刑
    • 部長刑事
    • 刑事ドラマ
    • 刑事司法
    • 刑事司法制度
    • 刑罰化
    • 刑事罰
    • 肉刑
    • 実刑判決
    • 私服刑事
    • 少年刑務所
    • 法定刑
    • 身体刑
    • 公開処刑
    • 付加刑
    • 刑法学
    • 裏山死刑
    • 生命刑
    • 名誉刑
    • 財産刑
    • 確定死刑囚
    • 死刑確定者
    • 刑事訴訟規則
    • 刑事収容施設法
    • 処断刑
    • 科刑
    • 応報刑論
    • 応報刑主義
    • 行刑
    • 罰金刑
    • 刑訴
    • 刑訴法
    • 拘禁刑
    • 刑事施設
    • 死刑執行人
    • 流刑者
    • 刑法典
    • 刑事訴追
    • 刑務所送り
    • 矯正協会刑務作業協力事業
    • 国際刑事警察機構
    • 日本刑法学会

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