ぼっ
墨
けい
刑

noun

Messages.hist.
  1. tattooing (as a form of punishment in ancient China).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ぼっ
墨
けい
刑
 墨刑 ぼっけい
ぼく
墨
けい
刑
 墨刑 ぼくけい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

black ink, India ink, ink stick
すみ　ボク　すの (8th, N1)
black
くろ　コク (2nd, N4)
ri, village, parent's home
さと　リ　さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ
punish, penalty, sentence
ケイ　おさか　ぎょう (8th, N1)
open, initiate, begin
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ　ク　にじゅう (Kentei 1)
knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)
トウ