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

Historical forms of the character 戒
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
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:
  • 2ka - vernacular;
  • 2jia - 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/
    Bernard
    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 (shīluō)
    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
    Mandarin Taiwan 戒
    Xi'an 戒
    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

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    1. commandment

    Readings

    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

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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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