八逆

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	逆
はち Grade: 1	ぎゃく Grade: 5
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 八逆 – see the following entry.

【八虐はちぎゃく】 [noun] (historical) the eight unpardonable crimes in ancient Japanese law, consisting of 謀(む)反(へん) (muhen), 謀(ぼう)大(たい)逆(ぎゃく) (bōtaigyaku), 謀(む)叛(ほん) (muhon), 悪(あく)逆(ぎゃく) (akugyaku), 不(ふ)道(どう) (fudō), 大(だい)不(ふ)敬(けい) (daifukei), 不(ふ)孝(こう) (fukō), and 不(ふ)義(ぎ) (fugi)

(This term, 八逆, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)