Chinese Character Wiki

戒

jiè

warn

Depicts two hands (廾) holding a weapon (戈) guarding against danger.

Components
戈 meaning component

戈  Meaning component

gē

  

spear

廾 meaning component

廾  Meaning component

gǒng

  

two hands

Evolution

戒 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
戒 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
戒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
戒 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
戒 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

戒  

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

戒指

(finger) ring

戒

to exhort

警戒

to warn

戒毒

to kick a drug habit

戒烟

to give up smoking

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

誡 诫

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

械 誡 诫

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kˤrək-s (~ kˤrək)

keajH

jiè

be on guard


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 27.4387% of movies

1095th most common character in movies

1566th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+6212

Shuowen

“戒，警也。从廾持戈，以戒不虞。”


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