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コウシ
Meanings
Noun
1. death by strangulation; ligature strangulation
Alt. forms
絞
こう
死
し
コウシ
Pitch accent
⚠
コ
ウシ
Composed of
コウ
death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)
シ
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
ジ
コウシ
suicidal ligature strangulation; suicide by strangulation