jiè
warn
Depicts two hands (廾) holding a weapon (戈) guarding against danger.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
jiè
warn, caution, admonish; to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)
Most common words with 戒
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
(finger) ring | ||
to exhort | ||
to warn | ||
to kick a drug habit | ||
to give up smoking |
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