Keyword
commandment
- Frequency
- #1062
- Strokes
- 7
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT (old)
- N1
- Heisig
- 730
Readings
カイ78%
いまし22%
Mnemonic
A dagger-axe is held in both hands and carved with a rule, one commandment after another, along the shaft.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
戒める
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to rebuke; to prohibit; to forbid; to ban
Ichidan verb
破戒
breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
Noun
教戒
counselling (often of imprisoned criminals by a chaplain, etc.); giving guidance; admonishment; scolding; exhortation
Noun
五戒
the five precepts (prohibitions against killing, theft, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxication)
Noun