死刑

Traditional form:

死刑

Pinyin (reading):

sǐxíng

Definitions:

• death penalty; capital punishment

Characters:

• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
• 刑 - punishment, penalty; law

Traditional characters:

• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
• 刑 - punishment, penalty; law