Jisho

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懲

18 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
山 彳 心 王 乞 攵
penal, chastise, punish, discipline
Kun:
こ.りる、 こ.らす、 こ.らしめる
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1303 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 懲戒 【チョウカイ】 discipline, punishment, reprimand
  • 懲役 【チョウエキ】 penal servitude, imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
  • 膺懲 【ヨウチョウ】 punishment (of an enemy), chastisement
  • 暴支膺懲 【ボウシヨウチョウ】 punish savage China

Kun reading compounds

  • 懲りる 【こりる】 to learn by experience, to learn one's lesson, to learn the hard way, to be discouraged (by), to have enough (of), to be disgusted (with)
  • 懲らす 【こらす】 to chastise, to punish, to discipline
  • 懲らしめる 【こらしめる】 to chastise, to punish, to discipline

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
jing

Spanish

  • pena
  • castigo
  • castigar
  • disciplinar

Portuguese

  • penal
  • castigar
  • punir
  • disciplinar

French

  • punition
  • pénal
  • châtiment
  • sanction
1599 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1626 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1785 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1510 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1327 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1421 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1510 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1703 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
805 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3623 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1853 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2526 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
897 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11399P Morohashi
2910 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2006 New Nelson (John Haig)
888 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
953 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1893 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2058 2001 Kanji
4k14.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-14-4 SKIP code
2833.4 Four corner code
1-36-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
61f2 Unicode hex code

戒

7 strokes
Radical:
spear, halberd 戈
Parts:
廾 戈
commandment
Kun:
いまし.める
On:
カイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1062 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 戒 【カイ】 admonition, commandment, sila (precept)
  • 戒厳令 【カイゲンレイ】 martial law
  • 懲戒 【チョウカイ】 discipline, punishment, reprimand
  • 自戒 【ジカイ】 self-admonition

Kun reading compounds

  • 戒める 【いましめる】 to warn against, to caution against, to admonish, to scold, to rebuke, to prohibit, to forbid, to ban, to be cautious, to detest, to loathe, to punish

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jie4
Korean:
gye

Spanish

  • poner cuidado
  • mandamiento
  • orden
  • ordenar
  • advertir
  • instruir

Portuguese

  • mandamentos

French

  • châtiment
  • avertissement
1060 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1191 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1801 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1006 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1330 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
511 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
876 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
896 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1334 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
838 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3972 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2043 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2760 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
683 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11548 Morohashi
3204 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2027 New Nelson (John Haig)
676 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
730 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1123 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
4n3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-3 SKIP code
5340.0 Four corner code
1-18-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6212 Unicode hex code

解

13 strokes
Radical:
horn 角
Parts:
刀 牛 角
Variants:
觧
unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute
Kun:
と.く、 と.かす、 と.ける、 ほど.く、 ほぐ.す、 わか.る、 さと.る
On:
カイ、 ゲ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
176 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 解 【カイ】 solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.), root (e.g. of a polynomial), solution (to a given problem), answer, explanation, interpretation
  • 解禁 【カイキン】 lifting a ban, raising an embargo, opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.), publishing contents, revealing information
  • 瓦解 【ガカイ】 collapse, downfall
  • 明解 【メイカイ】 clear explanation
  • 解熱 【ゲネツ】 lowering a fever, alleviation of fever
  • 解脱 【ゲダツ】 liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man, deliverance of one's soul, moksha, mukti, vimukti
  • 雪消 【ユキゲ】 snow melting, water from melting snow
  • 義解 【ギゲ】 explanation (of the meaning), interpretation

Kun reading compounds

  • 解く 【とく】 to untie, to unfasten, to unwrap, to undo, to unbind, to unpack, to unsew, to unstitch, to solve, to work out, to answer, to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.), to clear up, to remove (suspicion), to appease, to dissolve (a contract), to cancel, to remove (a prohibition), to lift (a ban), to raise (a siege), to release (from duty), to relieve, to dismiss, to comb (out), to card, to untangle (hair)
  • 溶かす 【とかす】 to dissolve, to melt
  • 梳かす 【とかす】 to comb out, to brush, to untangle, to unravel
  • 解ける 【とける】 to be solved, to be resolved, to loosen, to come untied, to come undone, to be removed (of restrictions), to be lifted (e.g. a ban), to be broken (spells, curses, etc.), to dissipate (of anger, tension, etc.), to melt away, to ease, to be appeased, to be resolved (of a dispute, misunderstanding, etc.), to be cleared up
  • 溶ける 【とける】 to melt, to thaw, to fuse, to dissolve
  • 解く 【ほどく】 to undo, to untie, to unfasten, to unlace, to unravel, to loosen, to unpack
  • 解す 【ほぐす】 to unravel, to untie, to untangle, to loosen, to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.), to relax, to ease
  • 分かる 【わかる】 to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow, to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out, I know!, I think so too!

Readings

Japanese names:
さとる、 とけ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jie3, jie4, xie4
Korean:
hae, gae

Spanish

  • desenredar
  • desatar
  • liberar
  • aclarar
  • resolver
  • peinarse
  • aflojar

Portuguese

  • solucionar
  • notas
  • chave
  • explicação
  • compreensão
  • desamarrar
  • desfazer
  • resolveer
  • resposta
  • cancelar
  • absolver
  • explicar
  • deta

French

  • délier
  • notes
  • clé
  • explication
  • compréhension
  • défaire
  • résoudre
  • répondre
  • annuler
  • absoudre
  • expliquer
  • minute
567 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
662 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
632 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
192 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4306 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
577 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
892 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1923 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
474 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
482 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
293 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1651 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1913 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1017 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1375 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1831 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35067 Morohashi
1517 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5548 New Nelson (John Haig)
1814 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1955 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
142 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
769 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2555 2001 Kanji
4g9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
2725.2 Four corner code
1-18-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
89e3 Unicode hex code

雇

12 strokes
Radical:
small bird 隹
Parts:
一 尸 戸 隹
employ, hire
Kun:
やと.う
On:
コ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
975 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 雇用 【コヨウ】 employment, hire
  • 雇い主 【ヤトイヌシ】 employer
  • 懲戒解雇 【チョウカイカイコ】 disciplinary discharge, punitive dismissal
  • 不当解雇 【フトウカイコ】 unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, unfair termination

Kun reading compounds

  • 雇う 【やとう】 to employ, to hire, to take on, to charter (a car, boat, etc.), to hire

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gu4
Korean:
go, ho

Spanish

  • emplear
  • contratar

Portuguese

  • emprego
  • alugar

French

  • employer
  • embaucher
1232 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1419 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1826 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1604 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
993 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1553 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1655 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1083 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1850 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2454 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1241 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1706 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1092 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41976X Morohashi
1956 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6497 New Nelson (John Haig)
1083 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1164 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1601 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3075 2001 Kanji
4m8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-11 SKIP code
3-4-8 SKIP code
3021.4 Four corner code
1-24-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96c7 Unicode hex code