懲 — kanji meaning “penal”
懲
penal, chastise, punish, discipline
- Meanings
- penal, chastise, punish, discipline
- On'yomi
- チョウ (chou)
- Kun'yomi
- こ.りる、こ.らす、こ.らしめる
- Strokes
- 18
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1303 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 61
- Chinese reading
- chéng — Chinese character page
Words with 懲
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 懲役 | ちょうえき choueki | penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour) |
| 懲戒 | ちょうかい choukai | discipline; punishment; reprimand |
| 懲罰 | ちょうばつ choubatsu | discipline; punishment; reprimand |
| 勧善懲悪 | かんぜんちょうあく kanzenchouaku | rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice |
| 懲りる | こりる koriru | to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way |
| 懲らしめ | こらしめ korashime | chastisement |
| 性懲り | しょうこり shoukori | repenting; improving one's nature |
| 懲り懲り | こりごり korigori | having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of) |
| 懲悪 | ちょうあく chouaku | punishing evil |
| 懲らす | こらす korasu | to chastise; to punish; to discipline |
| 膺懲 | ようちょう youchou | punishment (of an enemy); chastisement |
| 懲戒免職 | ちょうかいめんしょく choukaimenshoku | disciplinary dismissal (discharge) |
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