seppuku
Meaning
A form of ritual suicide by disembowelment using a blade, practiced by Japanese samurai, especially to rid oneself of shame, as a means of protest, or, formerly, as a method of capital punishment.
Synonyms
Translations
seppuku
Seppuku
karakiri
seppuku
harakiri
harakiri
هَارَا كِيرِيFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sɛˈpuː.kuː/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from Japanese 切腹 (seppuku), from Middle Chinese 切 (t͡set, “to cut”) + 腹 (pjuwk, “belly”). Compare Cantonese 切腹 (cit³ fuk¹) and Mandarin 切腹 (qiēfù).
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