懲 – penal, chastise, punish

18 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1303 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 懲 means penal, chastise, punish, discipline. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チョウ (chou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is こ.りる、こ.らす、こ.らしめる (koriru, korasu, korashimeru). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チョウ	chou
Kun’yomi	こ.りる	koriru
Kun’yomi	こ.らす	korasu
Kun’yomi	こ.らしめる	korashimeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: 王・山・心・彳・攵・乞.

Words using 懲

懲りるこりるto learn by experience

Example sentences

これで彼女も懲りるだろう。

This will teach her a lesson.

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Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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