Related forms:
𠛬 (U+206EC) — original form
Shares semantic field with 罰 (벌 벌, “to punish”)

Phono-semantic compound:
刀 (도, knife) — semantic component, indicating cutting, punishment.
幵 (견, flat, even) — phonetic component, providing sound.
The original form is 𠛬 (U+206EC), later standardized to 刀 + 幵 → 刑.

Used in compounds relating to law, justice, and criminal penalties.
刑罰 (형벌) — punishment, penalty
死刑 (사형) — death penalty
刑法 (형법) — criminal law
加刑 (가형) — to increase a sentence
減刑 (감형) — to reduce a sentence

Characters

Words

Vocabulary

cold, cool, chill

to extinguish, to vanish, to die out, to disappear

to freeze, to be cold

convex, protruding, raised

concave, sunken, hollowed

to go out, to come forth, to emerge

to divide, to separate, to apportion

to carve, to engrave, to publish

punishment, penalty, sentence, to punish

beginning, first, initial

to judge, to decide, to give a verdict, to divide, to separate

to separate, to part, to distinguish, to differ

to benefit, to profit, to be advantageous

to restrain, to control, to regulate

to stab, pierce, prick

engrave, carve, cut, harsh, severe

law, rule, regulation, standard, norm

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刑

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Words that derived from 刑

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