戒 – commandment

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The kanji 戒 means commandment. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カイ (kai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いまし.める (imashimeru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 戈 (no. 62).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カイ	kai
Kun’yomi	いまし.める	imashimeru

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: 戈 (Kangxi radical 62). Components: 廾・戈.

Words using 戒

警戒けいかいvigilance

Example sentences

彼は我々を警戒しているようだ。

He seems to be wary of us.

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Kanji with the same radical

戦成我戯或戚

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