戒

admonish; commandment

7 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1062.

Readings

• カイ (on reading): 警戒 (けいかい) vigilance; 哨戒 (しょうかい) patrol (with ships or aircraft)
• いましめる (kun reading): 戒め (いましめ) caution; 戒める (いましめる) to warn against

Components

• 戈
• 廾
• 廾 radical two hands
• 戈 radical halberd

Kanji containing 戒

• 械 contraption
• 誡 admonish

Words using 戒

• 警戒 (けいかい) vigilance
• 哨戒 (しょうかい) patrol (with ships or aircraft)
• 戒 (かい) admonition
• 戒名 (かいみょう) posthumous Buddhist name
• 哨戒艇 (しょうかいてい) patrol boat
• 戒め (いましめ) caution
• 戒める (いましめる) to warn against
• 前車の覆るは後車の戒め (ぜんしゃのくつがえるはこうしゃのいましめ) learn wisdom from the follies of others

92 words in all.

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