墨刑
ぼっけい ぼくけい
- tattooing (form of punishment in ancient China) n arch
Kanji
墨
ボク
すみ
black ink; India ink; ink stick; Mexico
刑
ケイ
punish; penalty; sentence; punishment
Synonyms
五刑
ごけい
- five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death) n arch
- five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death) n