Kanji

誡

Meaning

admonish warn and prohibit

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • いましめる

On'yomi

  • かい こく admonition
  • くん かい warning
  • い かい one's last caution

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/14

Component Analysis

誡
admonish, warn, prohibit
いまし.める, カイ
言
say, word
い.う, こと, ゲン
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
戒
commandment
いまし.める, カイ
戈
halberd, arms, festival car...
ほこ, ほこづくり, カ
弋
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
いぐるみ, ヨク
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
弋
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
いぐるみ, ヨク
丶
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ
廾
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
にじゅう, キョウ, ク
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ

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