戒

戒 U+6212, 戒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6212 ← 我 [U+6211] CJK Unified Ideographs 戓 → [U+6213]

戒 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈廿 (IT), four-corner 5340₀, composition ⿹戈廾)

• 械, 誡

• 賊

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 412, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11548
• Dae Jaweon: page 754, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1400, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6212

simp. and trad.		戒
alternative forms		𢌵

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 戈 (“halberd”) + 廾 (“hands”) – to hold up a weapon as warning.

戒

1. to warn; to caution; to admonish
2. to guard against; to forbid
3. to give up; to quit (a bad habit)

   戒煙／戒烟  ―  jièyān  ―  to quit smoking

   • 2021, “反對無效”, 陳詠謙 (lyrics), 馮允謙 and Cameron Browne (music)‎^[1]performed by 張天賦:

     神如何做出這種吸引　我愛你已開始變成癮　我戒不到這種興奮 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     神如何做出这种吸引　我爱你已开始变成瘾　我戒不到这种兴奋 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     san⁴ jyu⁴ ho⁴ zou⁶ ceot¹ ze² zung² kap¹ jan⁵, ngo⁵ oi³ nei⁵ ji⁵ hoi¹ ci² bin³ sing⁴ jan⁵, ngo⁵ gaai³ bat¹ dou^3-2 ze² zung² hing¹ fan⁵ [Jyutping]

     How did God create this kind of attraction? My love for you has started to become an addiction. I cannot give this excitement up.

4. (archaic) to fast; to purify oneself
5. (Buddhism) rules governing behavior; precepts

   Synonym: 尸羅 (shīluó)

6. (archaic) to command; to order
7. (literary) careful; cautious
8. Short for 戒指 (jièzhi, “ring”).

For pronunciation and definitions of 戒 – see 誡 (“to warn; to admonish; to caution; to take precautions; to guard against; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 誡).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

(Jōyō kanji)

1. commandment

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)
• Kun: いましめる (imashimeru, 戒める, Jōyō)

Kanji in this term
戒
かい Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 戒 (MC keajH).

• (Tokyo) かい [káꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠i]

戒(かい) • (kai) 

1. precept, commandment

戒 (eumhun 경계할 계 (gyeonggyehal gye))

1. hanja form^? of 계 (“caution, warn”)

戒: Hán Nôm readings: giới

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