私刑

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Chinese

personal; private; selfish punishment
simp. and trad.
(私刑)

Pronunciation


Noun

私刑

  1. lynching

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
けい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of () (shi, private) + (けい) (kei, penalty).

Pronunciation

Noun

()(けい) (shikei

  1. lynching

Verb

()(けい)する (shikei surusuru (stem ()(けい) (shikei shi), past ()(けい)した (shikei shita))

  1. to lynch

Conjugation