BRAND    烙黥

To PUNISH so as to BURN an IMAGE into the SKIN of someone.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. 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. 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
墨刑 黥 墨面 烙 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • PUNISH　RESTRAIN OR DAMAGE a CULPRIT BECAUSE of his/her CRIMES. (anc: 15/0, child: 5)
  • RESTRAIN　HINDER from being UNRESTRAINED. (anc: 14/0, child: 2)
  • HINDER　STOP from ACT:doing what someone or something INTENDS to ACT:do. (anc: 13/0, child: 4)

Words (4 items)

黥  qíng OC: ɡraŋ MC: gɣaŋ 12 Attributions

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 Attributions

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
黔  qián OC: ɡram MC: giɛm 1 Attribution

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)
笮  zé OC: tsraaɡ MC: ʈʂɣɛk 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nGY: brand ????