Kanji details for

 
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tatooing
KUN:
  • いれずみ
    irezumi
ON:
  • ケイ
    kei
  • ゲイ
    gei
Written with 20 strokes

Radicals:
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noun, auxillary suru verb
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one), tattooing
Other readings:
【いれずみ】[1]
Notes:
  1. gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)

noun
tattooing the forehead of a criminal (Edo-period punishment)

Yodan-ku verb
to tattoo a criminal around the eye (form of punishment in ancient Japan)(archaism)