SuGoiSuす語彙す縊
縊: strangle
strangle
16 strokesNames & literary · Rare kanji (1級 range)in 3 words here
Readings
On
イ・エイ
Kunくびる・くびれる
Most common in 見縊る (みくびる, to look down on). On-reading イ appears in 縊死; kun くびる means to strangle.
Key words
見縊るみくびるto underrate; to look down on
縊り殺すくびりころすto strangle to death
縊死いしdeath by hanging
Example sentences
新人だからといって見縊ってはいけない。
You shouldn't look down on someone just because they're new.
大蛇は獲物の体に巻きつき、そのまま縊り殺した。
The giant snake coiled around its prey and strangled it to death.
検視の結果、男の死因は縊死と判明した。
The examination showed that the man's cause of death was hanging.