Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
net 网 (罒, ⺲, 罓, ⺳)
Parts:
Variants:
penalty, punishment
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1220 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 罰 【バツ】 punishment, penalty
  • 罰一 【バツイチ】 being once divorced, one-time divorcee, one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
  • 賞罰 【ショウバツ】 reward and punishment
  • 冥罰 【ミョウバツ】 retribution, divine punishment
  • 罰 【バチ】 (divine) punishment, curse, retribution
  • 罰当たり 【バチアタリ】 damned, cursed, accursed
  • 仏罰 【ブツバチ】 punishment by Buddha, divine retribution

Kun reading compounds

  • 罰する 【ばっする】 to punish, to penalize, to penalise

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fa2
Korean:
beol

Spanish

  • pena
  • castigo

Portuguese

  • penalidade
  • punição

French

  • punition
  • châtiment
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2-5-9 SKIP code
6062.0 Four corner code
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