黥

黥 U+9EE5, 黥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EE5 ← 黤 [U+9EE4] CJK Unified Ideographs 黦 → [U+9EE6]

黥 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+8, 20 strokes, cangjie input 田火卜口火 (WFYRF), four-corner 6039₆, composition ⿰黑京)

1. to tattoo criminals on the face or forehead

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1520, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48123
• Dae Jaweon: page 2055, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4751, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9EE5

trad.		黥
simp. #		黥

Phonosemantic compound: 黑 ("black; a tattoo on face as a punishment") + 京. See also the original meaning of 墨.

黥

1. (historical) to tattoo the face, one of the Five Punishments in Ancient China

• 墨 (mò)
• 黵 (dǎn)

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. tattoo, tattooing

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←ぎやう (gyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: けい (kei)
• Kan’yō-on: げい (gei)
• Kun: いれずみ (irezumi, 黥)

Kanji in this term
黥
いれずみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 黥 – see the following entry.

【いれずみ】 [noun] a tattoo (an image made in the skin with ink and a needle) [noun] a punishment in which a criminals were given a tattoo as a mark of their criminal record [verb] to tattoo Alternative spellings 入れ墨, 入墨, 刺青, 文身

(This term, 黥, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

黥 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

1. tattoo punishment of branding a criminal

黥: Hán Việt readings: kình^[1][2]

1. chữ Hán form of kình (“tatooing the cheek or face of criminals as punishment in ancient China”).