墨ぼっ刑けい

noun

tattooing as punishment in ancient China

Historical term referring to one of the Five Punishments (五刑) in ancient China, where criminals were tattooed on the face or body as a permanent mark of their crime.

See also: 五刑

• 古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくでは、墨ぼっ刑けいは五ご刑けいの一ひとつとして行おこなわれていた。

  In ancient China, tattooing as punishment was carried out as one of the Five Punishments.