falsehood; crime; punishment; law; ruler
Archaic or literary term encompassing concepts of wrongdoing, legal punishment, and authority. Rarely used in modern Japanese outside of historical or legal texts.
In old legal documents, 辟 can refer to crime or punishment.
restoration of a deposed monarch
The kanji 辟 historically relates to concepts of law, punishment, and ruling. The exact derivation of the reading へき is uncertain; it is a Sino-Japanese reading used in classical contexts.