noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. punishment (esp. spanking a child). Usu. お〜.
  2. criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period). Messages.hist.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
仕置き しおき
仕置 しおき

Contained Kanji Breakdown

attend, doing, official
シ つか.える (3rd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ さむらい お (4th, N1)
placement, put, set
お.く チ おき (4th, N3)
net radical variant (no. 122)
モウ ボウ あみがしら
straightaway, honesty, frankness
なお.す なお チョク (2nd, N3)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
fishhook radical(乙) variant