BRAND 烙黥
To PUNISH so as to BURN an IMAGE into the SKIN of someone.
Old Chinese Criteria
2. Mò 墨 "black-branding" is also mentioned in SHU, but the practice was never wide-spread.
3. Qián 黔 is very occasionally used for self-inflicted darkening of the skin, possibly branding.
Modern Chinese Criteria
黥
墨面
烙
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
Words
黥 qíng OC: ɡraŋ MC: gɣaŋ 12 AttributionsWD
The standard word for the punishment by branding is qíng 黥, and this cruel practice is already mentioned in SHU, although it first became current in Han times, when it was currently applied to tutors as punishment for their distinguished pupils' transgressions.
- Syntactic words
- nabact(black) tattoo (on the face of a criminal)
- vadNtattoed
- vtoNmake a tattoo on the forehead of a criminal as punishment
- vtoNpassivebe branded
墨 mò OC: mɯɯɡ MC: mək 4 AttributionsWD
Mò 墨 "black-branding" is also mentioned in SHU, but the practice was never wide-spread.
- Syntactic words
- nabactpunishment by black-branding; branding
- viactconduct branding
笮 zé OC: tsraaɡ MC: ʈʂɣɛk 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nGY: brand ????
黔 qián OC: ɡram MC: giɛm 1 AttributionWD
Qián 黔 is very occasionally used for self-inflicted darkening of the skin, possibly branding.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNmark the face black (as punishment)
- vtoNreflexive.自brand (oneself)
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