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    笞

    笞ち

    caning (10-50 strokes; least severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

    NTNounHistoryPolitics & LawKanji Vocab11 strokes

    ち

    Noun

    1.
    caning (10-50 strokes; least severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
    historical term

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    Kanji that make up this word

    笞
    むち・しもと…(1)
    whip・rod・scourge・crime punishable by flogging
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