Kashe kai

Kashe kai shine cikakkiyar rabuwa da kai daga jiki. Irin wannan rauni koyaushe yana da haɗari ga mutane da dukan dabbobi masu ƙashi, tunda yana hana kwakwalwa jini mai iskar oxygen ta hanyar yankewa ta hanyar jugular vein da jijiyoyin carotid na yau da kullun, yayin da duk sauran gabobin suka hana ayyukan da ba a son rai ba waɗanda ake buƙata don jiki ya yi aiki. Kalmar yanke kai tana nufin aikin yanke kai da gangan, ko dai a matsayin hanyar kisa kai ko a matsayin kisa; ana iya yin shi da gatari, takobi, ko wuka, ko ta hanyar inji kamar guillotine. Wani mai kisa wanda ke aiwatar da kisa ta hanyar yanke kansa wani lokacin ana kiransa shugaban. Kashe kai na haɗari na iya zama sakamakon fashewa,  mota ko hadarin masana'antu, wanda ba a gudanar da shi ba ta hanyar ratayewa ko wasu mummunan rauni. Dokokin kasa na Saudi Arabia da Yemen  sun ba da izinin yanke kansa. A karkashin Shari'a, wanda ya shafi Musulmai kawai, yanke kan kai kuma hukunci ne na shari'a a Jihar Zamfara, Najeriya. A aikace, Saudi Arabia ita ce kadai kasar da ke ci gaba da fille kan masu laifinta a kai a kai a matsayin horo ga laifukan kisa. An san shari'o'in yanke kai ta hanyar rataye kansa,  kashe kansa ta hanyar yanke kai ta jirgin kasa   da kuma ta hanyar guillotine  .

Ba a saba da shi ba, yanke kai na iya nufin cire kai daga jikin da ya riga ya mutu. Ana iya yin wannan don ɗaukar kai a matsayin ganima, a matsayin mataki na biyu na kisa ta hanyar ratayewa, don nunawa ga jama'a, don sa marigayin ya fi wuya a gane shi, don cryonics, ko don wasu dalilai masu mahimmanci.

 Magana 
Kalmar decapitation ta samo asali ne daga kalmar Late Latin  . Ma'anar kalmar  za a iya gane su daga morphemes  (saukar, daga) +  ( shugaban).  Abubuwan da suka gabata na    wanda aka yi amfani da shi don ƙirƙirar , nau'in suna na , a cikin Latin na Medieval, inda kalmar Faransanci  aka samar. 
Mutane sun yi hukuncin kisa ta hanyar yanke kan kai na dubban shekaru. Narmer Palette (c. 3000 KZ) ya nuna hoton farko da aka sani na gawawwakin da aka yanke kawuna. Kalmomin "laifin kisa", "laifin mutuwa", "shorar kisa", sun samo asali ne daga Latin , "kai", yana nufin azabtarwa ga manyan laifuka da suka shafi kwace kai; watau mutuwa ta hanyar yanke kai.

Wasu al'adu, kamar Roma ta dā da Girka, sun ɗauki yanke kai a matsayin mafi girman hanyar mutuwa. A tsakiyar zamanai, kasashe da yawa na Turai sun ci gaba da ajiye hanyar ne kawai ga manyan mutane da sarakuna. A Faransa, Juyin Juya Halin Faransa ya sanya shi hanya ce kawai ta doka ta kisa ga duk masu laifi ba tare da la'akari da aji ba, ɗaya daga cikin canje-canje na alama da yawa na lokacin.

Wasu sun dauki yanke kan kai a matsayin abin kunya da raini, kamar sojojin Japan da suka fille kan fursunoni a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu. A cikin 'yan kwanakin nan, ya zama mai alaƙa da ta'addanci.

   Idan gatari ko takobi na shugaban yana da kaifi kuma manufarsa daidai ce, yanke kai yana da sauri kuma ana tunanin shi ne nau'in mutuwa marar zafi. Idan kayan aikin ba su da kyau ko kuma mai kisa ba shi da kyau, ana iya buƙatar bugun jini akai-akai don yanke kai, wanda ke haifar da mutuwa mai tsawo da zafi. Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex,  da Maryamu, Sarauniyar Scots  sun buƙaci yajin aiki uku a lokacin da aka kashe su. Hakanan za'a iya faɗi don kisan Johann Friedrich Struensee, wanda sarauniyar Danish Caroline Matilda ta Burtaniya ta fi so. Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, an ce ta buƙaci bugun jini 10 kafin a yanke kai. Wannan labarin na iya zama, duk da haka, apocryphal, kamar yadda asusun da suka bambanta sosai suke. Masanin tarihi kuma masanin falsafa David Hume, alal misali, ya ba da labarin wadannan game da mutuwarta: 

 Manazarta 
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