戒

commandment

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

カイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

いまし.める

Stroke Order

7 / 7

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:7

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1062

Vocabulary

カイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
戒厳令	カイゲンレイ	martial law
戒告	カイコク	admonition; warning; caution
警戒	ケイカイ	vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
懲戒	チョウカイ	discipline; punishment; reprimand
戒名	カイミョウ	posthumous Buddhist name

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
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
戒め	いましめ	caution; admonition; warning; lesson; prohibition; ban; commandment; precept; punishment; caution; guard
しょう戒	しょうかい	patrol (with ships or aircraft); patrolling
斎戒もく浴	さいかいもくよく	purification; washing
戒を破る	かいをやぶる	to break the Buddhist commandments

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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plantation, planting

negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

well, well crib, town, community

fell, strike, attack, punish

ego, I, selfish, our, oneself

II, two, second