仕置

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仕	置
し Grade: 3 (ateji)	おき Grade: 4
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 仕置 – see the following entry.

【仕置しおき】

[noun] [from 1569] a means of dealing with or disposing of something

[noun] [from 1569] a control or command (maintenance of order)

[noun] [???] a legal or private penalty

[noun] [from mid-1700s] a punishment, possibly corporal or just scolding

[noun] [from early 1700s] an execution (penalty by death)

[noun] [???] the garrisoning of a conquered or subjugated area

[noun] [from 1688] the construction of a thing, how something is made, how something is put together

[verb] to deal with or dispose of something

[verb] to control, command, maintain order

[verb] to punish, penalize

[verb] to execute (punish by killing)

[verb] to garrison a conquered or subjugated area

(This term, 仕置, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

“仕置”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025