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处罚

Traditional: 處罰

chǔ fá

HSK 3.0 · 5

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

chǔ fá · cyu2 fat6 (Jyutping)

  1. to penalize
  2. to punish

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

处

Meaning
place, locale; department
Radical
夂
Strokes
5
Components
⿺夂卜
Cangjie
HEY
Four-corner
2340

罚

Meaning
penalty, fine; punish, penalize
Radical
罒
Strokes
9
Components
⿱罒⿰讠刂
Cangjie
WLIVN
Four-corner
6072

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