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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

戒

Radical

Radical: 戈

Meaning: spear, halberd

Reading: ほこ

Frequency: 116

戈

Examples

Onyomi Examples

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

Kunyomi Examples

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