戒
戒 — Commandment
commandment
On’yomiカイ (kai)
Kun’yomiいましめる (imashimeru)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 戒
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警戒 | けいかい keikai | vigilance; caution; alertness |
| 懲戒 | ちょうかい choukai | discipline; punishment; reprimand |
| 戒める | いましめる imashimeru | to warn against; to caution against; to admonish |
| 戒厳令 | かいげんれい kaigenrei | martial law |
| 戒告 | かいこく kaikoku | admonition; warning; caution |
| 戒め | いましめ imashime | caution; admonition; warning |
Study notes
戒 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1062 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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