戒 — Chinese character
戒
jiè
to warn, to admonish; to swear off, to avoid
- Pinyin
- jiè
- Radical
- 62 ⼽ (Halberd)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 戈 廾
- Formation
- ideographic — Two hands 廾 brandishing a spear 戈
- Japanese
- 戒 as a kanji
Common words with 戒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警戒 | jǐng jiè | to warn; to alert |
| 戒指 | jiè zhi | (finger) ring |
| 戒严 (戒嚴) | jiè yán | to impose martial law; to impose emergency measures |
| 戒烟 (戒煙) | jiè yān | to give up smoking |
| 戒备 (戒備) | jiè bèi | to take precautions; to guard against (emergency) |
| 惩戒 (懲戒) | chéng jiè | to discipline; reprimand |
| 戒律 | jiè lǜ | monastic discipline; commandment |
| 戒毒 | jiè dú | to kick a drug habit; to abstain from drugs |
| 八戒 | bā jiè | the eight precepts (Buddhism) |
| 斋戒 (齋戒) | zhāi jiè | to observe a religious fast; to abstain from food or certain activities before a ritual |
| 钻戒 (鑽戒) | zuàn jiè | diamond ring; 只 (zhī) |
| 戒心 | jiè xīn | vigilance; wariness |
English words written with 戒
戒 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 5 · Art of War 2 · I Ching 3 · Mencius 9 · Zhuangzi 15 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Analects 16.7
- Analects 20.2
- Art of War 11.19
- Art of War 11.25
- Hexagram 11
- Hexagram 62
- Hexagram 63
- Mencius 1B.4
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