八虐

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八 虐
はち
Grade: 1 		ぎゃく
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
八逆

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はちぎゃく [hàchígyákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠t͡ɕiɡʲa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

八(はち)虐(ぎゃく) • (hachigyaku) 

  1. (historical) the eight unpardonable crimes in ancient Japanese law, consisting of 謀(む)反(へん) (muhen), 謀(ぼう)大(たい)逆(ぎゃく) (bōtaigyaku), 謀(む)叛(ほん) (muhon), 悪(あく)逆(ぎゃく) (akugyaku), 不(ふ)道(どう) (fudō), 大(だい)不(ふ)敬(けい) (daifukei), 不(ふ)孝(きょう) (fukyō), and 不(ふ)義(ぎ) (fugi)

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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