罰

罰 — penalty, punishment

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 14
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1220 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ばつ batsu

ばち bachi

はつ hatsu
Kun'yomi: ばっ.する ba.suru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 罰

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