打ち首

打ち首

Japanese

Kanji in this term
打	首
う Grade: 3	くび Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 打首

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うち​くび [ùchíꜜkùbì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
• (Tokyo) うちく​び [ùchíkúꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕikɯ̟ᵝbʲi]

Noun

打ち首 (hiragana うちくび, rōmaji uchikubi)

1. beheading (an instance of beheading, as punishment)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN