Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

366 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 19

Meaning: admonish, commandment

Kunyomi: いまし.める

Onyomi: ケイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: げん

Meaning: speech

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

察(けいさつ)   police

官(けいかん)   police officer

備(けいび)   defense, guard, policing

部(けいぶ)   police inspector

報(けいほう)   alarm, warning

鐘(けいしょう)   alarm bell, fire bell

視庁(けいしちょう)   police headquarters

(ふけい)   policewoman

(けんけい)   prefectural police

告する(けいこくする)   warn, advice

戒する(けいかいする)   warn, be vigilant [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

ケイカン police officer, policeman, constable

ケイカイ vigilance, caution, alertness, precaution, being on guard

ケンケイ prefectural police

フケイ prefectural police (Osaka or Kyoto)

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