Kanji
戒
N1
7 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1062
commandment
On'yomi (音読み)
カイ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
いまし.める
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
警戒
けいかい
vigilance; caution
懲戒
ちょうかい
discipline; punishment
戒告
かいこく
admonition; warning
戒厳令
かいげんれい
martial law
戒名
かいみょう
posthumous Buddhist name
自戒
じかい
self-admonition
哨戒
しょうかい
patrol (with ships or aircraft); patrolling
戒律
かいりつ
(religious) precept; discipline
破戒
はかい
breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
厳戒
げんかい
strict guard
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
戒め
いましめ
caution; admonition
戒める
いましめる
to warn against; to caution against
Example sentences
彼(かれ)は我々(われわれ)を警戒(けいかい)しているようだ。
He seems to be wary of us.
彼(かれ)がやることをしっかり警戒(けいかい)したほうがいいですよ。
Now it would be better to keep a sharp lookout for what he might do.
これを戒(いまし)めとしなさい。
Let this be an example to you.