磔はりつけ

also: はっつけ

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun

execution by tying to a post and spearing

Historical Japanese punishment: the victim was tied to a post and stabbed with spears. This is the original meaning, distinct from Western crucifixion.

江え戸ど時じ代だいには磔はりつけが公こう開かい処しょ刑けいとして行おこなわれた。
In the Edo period, haritsuke was carried out as a public execution.
磔はりつけはキリスト教きょうの磔はりつけ刑けいとは異ことなる日本にほんの刑けい罰ばつだ。
Haritsuke is a Japanese punishment different from Christian crucifixion.

noun

crucifixion

usually written using kana aloneChristianity

Christian context; refers to crucifixion as a method of execution. Usually written in kana as はりつけ.

Kanji

磔crucifixion
刑punish, penalty, sentence

Don't confuse with

貼はり付つけるN2
磔（はりつけ）means crucifixion and is pronounced identically to the noun form of 貼り付ける, but the two words are completely unrelated in meaning.

Word family

磔はりつけ柱ばしら
cross (for crucifixion)
逆さかさ磔はりつけ
upside-down crucifixion

Written forms

磔Usage70%
- はりつけ
  Standard kanji form for the historical execution method. Also used for crucifixion, though kana is more common for that sense.
- はっつけ
はりつけUsage30%
Kana spelling is usual for the Christian crucifixion sense.
磔刑はりつけ
Explicitly adds 刑 (punishment). Rare; mostly seen in historical or explanatory contexts.
はっつけ
Alternate reading restricted to 磔. Rare and possibly dialectal or archaic.

Etymology

Originally referred to a Japanese form of capital punishment where the condemned was tied to a post and speared. The kanji 磔 means 'to tear apart' or 'dismember', reflecting the brutal nature of the execution. The reading はりつけ likely derives from 張り付け (pinning/stretching and attaching). The Christian sense of crucifixion is a later semantic extension.