墨刑

mòxíng
corporal punishment consisting of carving and inking characters on the victim's forehead

CEDICT

  1. (archaic) tattooing of the face (as punishment)
  2. tattooing of the face (as punishment)

Wiktionary

古代五刑之一。指在罪輕者前額刺字，並染上墨色顏料。《書經．伊訓》「臣下不匡，其刑墨，具訓于蒙土」句下漢．孔安國．傳：「臣不正君，服墨刑，鑿其額，涅以墨。」

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維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 墨 mò
  1. ink stick
  2. China ink
  3. corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead

classifier: 塊
2 刑 xíng
  1. punishment
  2. penalty
  3. sentence
  4. torture
  5. corporal punishment