肉刑

Chinese

		meat; flesh	punishment
simp. and trad. (肉刑)		肉	刑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ròuxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ jing⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ròuxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ròusíng
    • Wade–Giles: jou⁴-hsing²
    • Yale: ròu-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rowshyng
    • Palladius: жоусин (žousin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ jing⁴
    • Yale: yuhk yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² jɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyuwk heng

Rime
Character	肉	刑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	如六切	戸經切
Baxter	nyuwk	heng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨuk̚/	/ɦeŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiuk̚/	/ɦeŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiuk̚/	/ɣɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵuwk̚/	/ɦɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/ȵiuk̚/	/ɣeŋ/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭuk̚/	/ɣieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯uk̚/	/ɣieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rù	xíng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk6	jing4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k.nuk  [ɢ]ˤeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njuɡ  ɡeːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	肉	刑	刑
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ròu	xíng	xíng
Middle Chinese	‹ nyuwk ›	‹ heng ›	‹ heng ›
Old Chinese	/*k.nuk/	/*[ɢ]ˁeŋ/	/*[ɢ]ˁeŋ/
English	meat, flesh	punish(ment)	model, form
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	肉	刑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10866	6861
Phonetic component	肉	井
Rime group	覺	耕
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	肉	㓝
Old Chinese	/*njuɡ/	/*ɡeːŋ/

Noun

肉刑

1. corporal punishment (especially one that inflicts permanent mutilation of the body)