折檻

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せつ > せっ
Grade: 4
かん
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

From Literary Chinese, from an account in the Book of Han.

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Pronunciation

Noun

(せっ)(かん) • (sekkan

  1. severe disciplining

Verb

(せっ)(かん)する • (sekkan surusuru (stem (せっ)(かん) (sekkan shi), past (せっ)(かん)した (sekkan shita))

  1. to discipline severely

Conjugation

References

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