Tom wanted to punish me.
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惩
Traditional: 懲
chéng
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chéng · cing4 (Jyutping)
- to punish
- to reprimand
- to warn
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
I've already been punished.
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