Read Edit View history 髡鉗 kūnqián ancient punishment Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 髡钳/ 髡鉗 kūnqián ancient punishment (literary) Ancient Chinese punishment involving shaving the head and shackling the neck; shaving the hair was called 髡 kūn and using an iron collar was called 钳 qián Edit Delete References Add reference No references for this word.
髡钳/ 髡鉗 kūnqián ancient punishment (literary) Ancient Chinese punishment involving shaving the head and shackling the neck; shaving the hair was called 髡 kūn and using an iron collar was called 钳 qián Edit Delete