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笞

Readings

Kana: チ、むち、しもと

Romaji: chi, muchi, shimoto

Kana

Romaji

Meanings

whip, rod, scourge, crime punishable by flogging

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 11

Radical Number: 118

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 2-6-5

Korean Reading: tae

Chinese Reading: chi1

Unicode: 7b1e

JIS: 637A

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3380

New Nelson Index: 4267

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6f5.13

Four Corner Index: 8860.3

Daikanwanjiten Index: 25921

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0753

Words

鞭 (むち、ぶち、ムチ)

whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod; pointer

笞 (しもと)

switch (flogging implement made from a branch)

笞 (ち)

light caning (10-50 times)

笞刑 (ちけい)

flogging

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