缳首

繯首
huánshǒu
death by hanging

CEDICT

一种用绳结为环套而加以勒绞的刑罚。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 缳 huán
  1. to bind
  2. to tie
  3. lace
  4. noose (for suicide)
  5. hangman's noose
2 首 shǒu
  1. head
  2. chief
  3. first (occasion, thing etc)
  4. classifier for poems, songs etc

Related entries

吊死 diàosǐ
  1. death by hanging
  2. to hang oneself
革命的时候他被吊死了。

He was hanged during the Revolution.

Source: Tatoeba