jiè
warn
Words 言 of warning 戒; 戒 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 誡
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to warn | ||
commandment | ||
to reprimand | ||
to exhort | ||
to admonish |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*kˤrək-s | keajH | jiè | warn |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.9702% of movies
3021st most common character in movies
2770th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8AA1 |
Shuowen | “誡,敕也。从言,戒聲。” |
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