绞架

絞架

jiǎojià

noun #29,913

Measure Word

一个绞架 gè

Meanings

1 gallows
2 a frame used for hanging as execution

Characters

to twist; to strangle; to hang

frame; rack; structure

Examples

罪犯被押上绞架，执行了死刑。

Zuìfàn bèi yā shàng jiǎojià, zhíxíng le sǐxíng.

The criminal was led to the gallows and executed.

历史上，许多无辜者在绞架上含冤而死。

Lìshǐ shàng, xǔduō wúgū zhě zài jiǎojià shàng hányuān ér sǐ.

Throughout history, many innocent people died unjustly on the gallows.

Tips

memory

绞 means 'to twist' or 'to strangle' (as in strangling by rope), and 架 means 'a frame' or 'a rack'. Together: the twisting-rope frame — a gallows.

Stroke Order

绞 jiǎo

架 jià