髡
kūn

scalping, make the head bald as corporal punishment

Senses

髡 kūn to shave the head

(bound form) to shave the head as a form of corporal punishment in ancient China

髡 kūn to prune

to trim or cut off the branches of a tree

References

see 髡/髡 → 髡刑/髡刑
see 刑余/刑餘 → 髡/髡
variant 髠/髠 → 髡/髡
variant 髨/髨 → 髡/髡