SuGoiSuす語彙す刎
刎: behead
behead; cut off
6 strokesNames & literary · Rare kanji (1級 range)in 4 words here
Readings
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Kunはねる・くびはねる
Usually the kun verb 刎ねる (はねる), as in 首を刎ねる (to behead). 刎頸 (ふんけい) is literary.
Key words
刎ねるはねるto behead; to lop off
刎頸の交わりふんけいのまじわりbond of friends who would die for each other
刎頸の友ふんけいのともbosom friend
自刎じふんcutting one's own throat
Example sentences
王は怒り、裏切り者の首を刎ねるよう命じた。
The king, in a rage, ordered the traitor's head to be cut off.
あの二人は、刎頸の交わりを結んだ仲だ。
Those two share a bond so close they would die for each other.
敗れた将は、敵に降るのを恥じて自刎した。
The defeated general, ashamed to surrender, cut his own throat.