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戒

commandment
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingカイ
Kun readingいまし.める
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. commandmentRtK
  2. warn
  3. admonish
  1. to warn against
  2. to caution against
  3. to admonish
  4. to scold
  5. to rebuke

Popular Usage

警戒

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 730

Compound words

警戒けいかい
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
戒律かいりつ
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
訓戒くんかい
warning; admonition; lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something
戒めいましめ
caution; admonition; warning; lesson; prohibition
戒厳令かいげんれい
martial law
戒告かいこく
admonition; warning; caution
厳戒げんかい
strict guard
懲戒ちょうかい
discipline; punishment; reprimand
戒めるいましめる
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to rebuke
遺戒いかい
one's last caution
戒護かいご
safe custody
戒名かいみょう
posthumous Buddhist name
戒飭かいちょく
admonishment
五戒ごかい
the five precepts (prohibitions against killing, theft, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxication)
斎戒さいかい
purification
自戒じかい
self-discipline
飲酒戒おんじゅかい
Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol
警戒心けいかいしん
wariness
邪婬戒じゃいんかい
precept of marital chastity and sexual restraint
偸盗戒ちゅうとうかい
precept of non-stealing
斎戒沐浴さいかいもくよく
purification
不飲酒戒ふおんじゅかい
Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol
不偸盗戒ふちゅうとうかい
precept of non-stealing
警戒するけいかいする
to vigilance

Additional Examples

彼は我々を警戒しているようだ。
He seems to be wary of us.tatoeba
彼がやることをしっかり警戒したほうがいいですよ。
Now it would be better to keep a sharp lookout for what he might do.tatoeba
大統領は憲法を停止し、戒厳令をしきました。
The President suspended the constitution and imposed martial law.tatoeba
警戒中の警官が、遠くのぼんやりとした影に気づいた。
The alert officer perceived a dim shape in the distance.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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