懲
chastise; penal; punish; discipline
18 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1303.
Readings
- チョウ (on reading): 懲役 (ちょうえき) penal servitude; 懲罰 (ちょうばつ) discipline
- こりる (kun reading): 懲りる (こりる) to learn by experience; 性懲り (しょうこり) repenting
- こらしめる (kun reading): 懲らしめる (こらしめる) to chastise; 懲らしめ (こらしめ) chastisement
- こらす (kun reading): 懲らす (こらす) to chastise; 悪を懲らす (あくをこらす) to punish the wicked
Components
- 徴
- 心
- 乞 radical beg
- 山 radical mountain
- 彳 radical step, left-side form of 行
- 心 radical heart
- 攵 radical strike, right-side form of 攴
- 王 radical king; jewel, left-side form of 玉
Words using 懲
- 懲役 (ちょうえき) penal servitude
- 懲罰 (ちょうばつ) discipline
- 懲戒 (ちょうかい) discipline
- 無期懲役 (むきちょうえき) life imprisonment
- 懲戒処分 (ちょうかいしょぶん) disciplinary measures
- 懲りる (こりる) to learn by experience
- 性懲り (しょうこり) repenting
- 性懲りもなく (しょうこりもなく) not having learned one's lesson
- 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
- 懲りない (こりない) (someone who) doesn't learn their lesson
- 懲らしめる (こらしめる) to chastise
- 懲らしめ (こらしめ) chastisement
- 懲らす (こらす) to chastise
- 悪を懲らす (あくをこらす) to punish the wicked
36 words in all.