noun

Messages.hist.
  1. fan seppuku, death penalty for samurai in which the condemned performs a symbolic disembowelment with a fan before being decapitated.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
扇腹 おうぎばら

Contained Kanji Breakdown

fan, folding fan
おうぎ セン おう (7th, N1)
door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
と コ へ (2nd, N2)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
feathers, counter for birds, rabbits
はね は ば (2nd, N2)
learn(習) variant
hooked enclosure
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
abdomen, belly, stomach
はら フク (6th, N3)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
return, repeat, repeatedly
person(人) variant
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ しゅう (Kentei 1)