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五
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五
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Definitions2 characters
wu3 xing2
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨mo⁴, cutting off the nose 劓yi⁴, amputation of one or both feet 刖yue⁴, castration 宮 and 宫gong¹, execution 大辟da⁴ pi⁴/Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞chi¹, beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖zhang⁴, forced labor 徒tu², exile or banishment 流liu², capital punishment 死si³
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五
刑

As word

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wu3
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨 [mo4], cutting off the nose 劓 [yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖 [yue4], castration 宮|宫 [gong1], execution 大辟 [da4 pi4]/Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞 [chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖 [zhang4], forced labor 徒 [tu2], exile or banishment 流 [liu2], capital punishment 死 [si3]
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xing2
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨 [mo4], cutting off the nose 劓 [yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖 [yue4], castration 宮|宫 [gong1], execution 大辟 [da4 pi4]/Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞 [chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖 [zhang4], forced labor 徒 [tu2], exile or banishment 流 [liu2], capital punishment 死 [si3]