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punishment, penalty 刑
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| form, model, type (e.g. blood type)
xíng
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刑
开
土
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Top: punishment 刑 (who openly 开 [=gate at temple] uses his knife刂 is punished.), earth: 土
Use an open knife and earth (=clay) to form a model.
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刑
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| punishment, penalty, sentence
xíng
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刑
开
刂
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Left: open, start 开 (image of the entrance gate of a buddh. temple), right: knife 刂
Who openly uses his knife, will be: punished.
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荆
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JLPT no HSK |
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| thistles and thorns
jīng
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艹
刑
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Above: plant 艹, bottom: punishment 刑 (Who openly 开 uses his knife 刂 is punished.)
The plant, that can punish, are the thorns of the thistle.
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