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penal
Stroke count: 18

Readings

On readingチョウ
Kun readingこ.りる、こ.らす、こ.らしめる
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. penalRtK
    これで彼女も懲りるだろう。This will teach her a lesson.tatoeba
    彼は迫害者を懲らしめて人民たちのあだを討つだろう。He will avenge the people on their oppressor.tatoeba
  2. chastise
  3. punish
  4. discipline
  1. to learn by experience
  2. to learn one's lesson
  3. to learn the hard way
  4. to be discouraged (by)
  5. to have enough (of)

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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indications · sherpa · Nelson · column · going (行) · line · mountain (山) · king (王) · jewel (玉) · ball (玉) · taskmaster · heart (心)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 953

Compound words

懲戒ちょうかい
discipline; punishment; reprimand
懲罰ちょうばつ
discipline; punishment; reprimand
懲役ちょうえき
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
懲りるこりる
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of)
勧善懲悪かんぜんちょうあく
rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice
膺懲ようちょう
punishment (of an enemy)
懲らすこらす
to chastise
懲しめるこらしめる
to chastise
懲らしめこらしめ
chastisement
暴支膺懲ぼうしようちょう
punish savage China
勧善懲悪劇かんぜんちょうあくげき
morality play
懲らしめるこらしめる
to chastise
勧善懲悪小説かんぜんちょうあくしょうせつ
(Edo-period) didactic novel or fiction
羹に懲りて膾を吹くあつものにこりてなますをふく
a burnt child dreads the fire
羮に懲りて膾を吹くあつものにこりてなますをふく
a burnt child dreads the fire
羹に懲りてなますを吹くあつものにこりてなますをふく
a burnt child dreads the fire
羮に懲りてなますを吹くあつものにこりてなますをふく
a burnt child dreads the fire
あつものに懲りて膾を吹くあつものにこりてなますをふく
a burnt child dreads the fire

Additional Examples

彼は懲役十年で、女房には三年の刑が下った。
He was given ten years and his wife three.tatoeba
懲役五年くらっちまった。
I got five years in prison.tatoeba
懲役３年の判決を受けた。
He was sentenced to three years in jail.tatoeba

Stroke Order

18 strokes

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