刑

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: hêng5
POJ: hêng
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: penalty, punishment, sentence
刑, 刑罰

Single-character entry with several senses (penalty/punishment, corporal punishment, literary 'to slaughter', obsolete 'model/example', and a surname) all sharing one merged Teochew reading with no sense-specific disambiguation; chose the core 'penalty/punishment' sense.

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