打ち首獄門

Reading

Kana: うちくびごくもん

Romaji: uchikubigokumon

Definition

noun

1

beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)

Kanji

打

Readings: ダ、 ダアス、 う.つ、 う.ち-、 ぶ.つ

Meanings: strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen

首

Readings: シュ、 くび

Meanings: neck, counter for songs and poems

獄

Reading: ゴク

Meanings: prison, jail

門

Readings: モン、 かど、 と

Meanings: gate, counter for cannons