絞首刑
こうしゅけい death by hanging; execution by hanging
Why it means this
絞首 (strangling the neck) + 刑 (a punishment) — death by hanging, Japan's method of capital punishment.
Breakdown
- 絞 コウ strangle, constrict, wring
- 首 くび neck, counter for songs and poems
- 刑 ケイ punish, penalty, sentence
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