Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
1062 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 7
Meaning: commandment
Kunyomi: いまし.める
Onyomi: カイ
Composition: 戈 廾
Radical: 戈
Meaning: spear, halberd
Reading: ほこ
Frequency: 116
戒 (カイ) admonition, commandment, sila (precept)
戒厳令 (カイゲンレイ) martial law
懲戒 (チョウカイ) discipline, punishment, reprimand
自戒 (ジカイ) self-admonition
戒める (いましめる) to warn against, to caution against, to admonish, to scold, to rebuke, to prohibit, to forbid, to ban, to be cautious, to detest, to loathe, to punish