King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chinese symbol for “abstinence”

戒绝
jiè jué
Traditional: 戒絕
abstinence; to give up (a bad habit)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for abstinence is 戒绝 (jiè jué), defined as: abstinence; to give up (a bad habit).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

戒 jiè
to warn, to admonish; to swear off, to avoid
radical 62 ⼽ · 7 strokes
绝 jué
to cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
radical 120 ⽷ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 戒绝.

WordPinyinMeaning
警戒jǐng jièto warn; to alert
戒指jiè zhi(finger) ring
戒严 (戒嚴)jiè yánto impose martial law; to impose emergency measures
戒烟 (戒煙)jiè yānto give up smoking
戒备 (戒備)jiè bèito take precautions; to guard against (emergency)
惩戒 (懲戒)chéng jièto discipline; reprimand
绝对 (絕對)jué duìabsolute; unconditional
拒绝 (拒絕)jù juéto refuse; to decline; to reject

See also: Japanese symbol for “abstinence”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.