りょう

noun

Messages.hist.
  1. lingchi, death by a thousand cuts, slow torture by slicing off parts of the body.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
りょう
凌遅 りょうち

Contained Kanji Breakdown

endure, keep (rain)out, stave off
リョウ しの.ぐ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
mushroom
ロク きのこ
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
slow, late, back
おそ.い おく.れる チ (7th, N3)
bovine beast
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
sheep
ひつじ ヨウ よ (3rd, N1)
to divide
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)