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Kanji 戒

7 strokes

Meaning

commandment

On'yomi
カイ
Kun'yomi
いましめる
Strokes
7
JLPT
N1
School grade
Secondary school
Kanken
4級
Frequency
#1062 / 2500

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Words with 戒

  • 警戒

    けいかい

    warning, admonition, vigilance

    N1

Example sentences

  • 警戒けいかいは警備けいび。

    Forewarned is forearmed.

  • これを戒いましめとしなさい。

    Let this be an example to you.

  • 戒いましめに廊下ろうかに立たたされた。

    To teach him a lesson, they made him stand in the hallway.

Look-alike kanji

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Other kanji with radical “halberd” 戈