Kanji
懲
N1
18 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1303
penal, chastise, punish, discipline
On'yomi (音読み)
チョウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
こ.りる、 こ.らす、 こ.らしめる
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
懲役
ちょうえき
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
懲戒
ちょうかい
discipline; punishment
懲罰
ちょうばつ
discipline; punishment
勧善懲悪
かんぜんちょうあく
rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice
懲罰委員会
ちょうばついいんかい
disciplinary committee
懲役刑
ちょうえきけい
jail sentence; imprisonment
懲戒請求
ちょうかいせいきゅう
formal demand for disciplinary measures against a lawyer
懲戒免
ちょうかいめん
disciplinary dismissal; disciplinary discharge
懲戒免官
ちょうかいめんかん
disciplinary dismissal; disciplinary discharge
暴支膺懲
ぼうしようちょう
punish savage China
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
懲りる
こりる
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson
これに懲りずに
これにこりずに
without being discouraged by this (experience); without letting this put (you) off
懲りない
こりない
(someone who) doesn't learn their lesson; obstinate
懲りない奴
こりないやつ
person (generally male) who won't learn their lesson; persistent jerk
性懲りもない
しょうこりもない
incorrigible; dogged
これに懲りよ道才坊
これにこりよどうさいぼう
take it as a lesson learned; learn from this (mistake)
悪を懲らす
あくをこらす
to punish the wicked
羹に懲りて膾を吹く
あつものにこりてなますをふく
a burnt child dreads the fire; once bitten twice shy
Example sentences
懲役（ちょうえき）五（ご）年（ねん）くらっちまった。
I got five years in prison.
懲役（ちょうえき）３年（ねん）の判決（はんけつ）を受（う）けた。
He was sentenced to three years in jail.
これで彼女（かのじょ）も懲（こ）りるだろう。
This will teach her a lesson.