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黥

黥 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. いれずみ。罪人の顔に墨を入れる刑罰。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「黑」+音符「京」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

tatooing

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケイ
  • ゲイ
Kun (native)
  • いれずみ
Other languages
  • 拼音qing2
  • 拼音jing1
  • 한글gyeong
  • Hán-ViệtKình

Basics

Strokes
20 strokes
Radical
黑(くろ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9EE5

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰黑京

Words using this kanji

  • 黥げいいれずみ。罪人の顔に墨を入れる刑罰。tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one), tattooing
  • 黥くめさくto tattoo a criminal around the eye (form of punishment in ancient Japan)
  • 黥首げいしゅtattooing the forehead of a criminal (Edo-period punishment)
  • 黥面げいめんface tattoo, facial tattoo

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(4 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-12-8
Four Corner
6039.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4d16.1
Nelson
5410