髡鉗
kūn​qián

ancient punishment

  • created sense approved 髡钳/髡鉗 · kūn​qián · ancient punishment — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    髡钳 / 髡鉗

    kūn​qián

    ancient punishment

    (literary) Ancient Chinese punishment involving shaving the head and shackling the neck; shaving the hair was called [[髡|髡|kun1]] and using an iron collar was called [[钳|鉗|qian2]]

    髡 (literal) → 髡 · kūn · to shave the head 钳 (literal) → 钳/鉗 · qián · neck iron

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