戒

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See also: 戎
戒 U+6212, 戒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6212
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 戓 →

Translingual

Han character

戒 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈廿 (IT), four-corner 53400, composition ⿹戈廾)

Derived characters

See also

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 412, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11548
  • Dae Jaweon: page 754, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1400, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6212

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 戒
alternative forms 𢌵

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (戒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
祴 *kɯː
駴 *ɡrɯːʔ
戒 *krɯːɡs
誡 *krɯːɡs
悈 *krɯːɡs, *kɯɡ
械 *ɡrɯːɡs
裓 *kɯːɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 戈 (“halberd”) + 廾 (“hands”) – to hold up a weapon as warning.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note:
  • 5ka - vernacular;
  • 5cia - literary.
Rime
Character 戒
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 皆 (33)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古拜切
Baxter keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠɛiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚæiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɐiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kəɨjH/
Li
Rong 		/kɛiH/
Wang
Li 		/kɐiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kăiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gaai3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 戒
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jiè
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kɛjH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*kˁrək-s/ (~ kˁrək)
English be on guard

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 戒
Reading # 1/1
No. 6544
Phonetic
component 		戒
Rime
group 		代
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		誡
Old
Chinese 		/*krɯːɡs/

Definitions

戒

  1. to warn; to caution; to admonish
  2. to guard against; to forbid
  3. to give up; to quit (a bad habit)
    戒煙／戒烟  ―  jièyān  ―  to quit smoking
  4. (archaic) to fast; to purify oneself
  5. (Buddhism) rules governing behavior; precepts
    Synonym: 尸羅 (shīluó)
  6. (archaic) to command; to order
  7. (literary) careful; cautious
  8. short for 戒指 (jièzhi, “ring”)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 戒 (“to give up; to quit”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 戒
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 戒
Singapore 戒
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 戒
Southwestern Mandarin Guilin 戒
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 戒
Cantonese Guangzhou 戒
Hong Kong 戒
Gan Nanchang 戒
Hakka Meixian 戒
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 戒
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 戒
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 戒
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 戒
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 戒
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 改
Huizhou Jixi 戒
Southern Min Xiamen 改
Quanzhou 改
Zhangzhou 改
Tainan 改

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 戒 – see 誡 (“to warn; to admonish; to caution; to take precautions; to guard against; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 誡).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

戒

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. commandment

Readings

  • Go-on: け (ke)
  • Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)
  • Kun: いましめる (imashimeru, 戒める, Jōyō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
戒
かい
Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 戒 (MC keajH).

Pronunciation

Noun

戒(かい) • (kai) 

  1. precept, commandment

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

戒 (eumhun 경계할 계 (gyeonggyehal gye))

  1. hanja form? of 계 (“caution, warn”)

Vietnamese

Han character

戒: Hán Nôm readings: giới

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