刺青

Chinese

		thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder	green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)
trad. (刺青)		刺	青
simp. ^#(刺青)		刺	青

刺青

Dialectal synonyms of 紋身 (“to tattoo”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		紋身, 刺青
Mandarin	Taiwan	紋身, 刺青
Mandarin	Singapore	紋身
Cantonese	Hong Kong	紋身
Gan	Lichuan	紋身
Southern Min	Xiamen	刺龍, 刺鳳, 刺字, 紋身
	Quanzhou	刺字, 紋身
	Zhangzhou	紋身
	Tainan	刺字 GT, 刺龍 GT, 刺鳳 GT, 紋身 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	畫尪公
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Alternative spelling
刺靑 (kyūjitai)

The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 刺青 (cìqīng).

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

[noun] a tattoo (an image made in the skin with ink and a needle)

[noun] a punishment in which a criminals were given a tattoo as a mark of their criminal record

[verb] to tattoo

Alternative spellings
入れ墨, 入墨, 文身, 黥

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

Alternative spelling
刺靑 (kyūjitai)

刺(し)青(せい) • (shisei)

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