惩 — Chinese character
惩
chéng
to discipline, to punish, to reprimand, to warn
- Pinyin
- chéng
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 征 心
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 心; sound component 征
- Traditional
- 懲
Common words with 惩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惩罚 (懲罰) | chéng fá | penalty; punishment |
| 惩处 (懲處) | chéng chǔ | to punish; to administer justice |
| 严惩 (嚴懲) | yán chéng | to punish severely |
| 惩戒 (懲戒) | chéng jiè | to discipline; reprimand |
| 惩治 (懲治) | chéng zhì | to punish |
| 奖惩 (獎懲) | jiǎng chéng | rewards and penalties |
| 惩办 (懲辦) | chéng bàn | to punish (someone); to take disciplinary action against (someone) |
| 惩罚性 (懲罰性) | chéng fá xìng | punitive |
| 严惩不贷 (嚴懲不貸) | yán chéng bù dài | to punish severely (idiom) |
| 惩恶扬善 (懲惡揚善) | chéng è yáng shàn | to uphold virtue and condemn evil (idiom) |
| 惩前毖后 (懲前毖後) | chéng qián bì hòu | lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again |
| 重惩 (重懲) | zhòng chéng | to punish severely |
English words written with 惩
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