戒

Translingual

Han character

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

1. warn, caution, admonish

Derived characters

• 械

See also

• 賊

References

• KangXi: page 412, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11548
• Dae Jaweon: page 754, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1400, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6212

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		戒

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 戒
Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

戈 ‎(“halberd”) + 廾 ‎(“hands”) – to hold up a weapon as warning.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiè (jie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai³
• Min Nan (POJ): kài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chieh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai³
    • Yale: gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai³
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑːi̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài
    • Tâi-lô: kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaix
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaɪ¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaɪ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠɛi^H/▼

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
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*kˤrək-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*krɯːɡs/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	戒
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiè
Middle Chinese	‹ kɛjH ›
Old Chinese	/*kˤrək-s/ (~ kˤrək)
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. *[t] 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

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Compounds

Derived terms from 戒

• 三戒
• 不戒
• 五戒 (wǔjiè)
• 作持戒
• 傳戒／传戒
• 儆戒
• 八戒 (bājiè)
• 具戒
• 具足戒
• 力戒
• 勒戒
• 勸善戒惡／劝善戒恶
• 勸戒／劝戒
• 十戒 (shíjiè)
• 受戒
• 告戒
• 天戒 (tiānjiè)
• 小乘戒
• 履霜之戒
• 幽冥戒
• 引以為戒／引以为戒
• 後車之戒／后车之戒
• 懲一戒百／惩一戒百
• 懲戒／惩戒 (chéngjiè)
• 懲戒處分／惩戒处分
• 懿戒
• 戒備／戒备 (jièbèi)
• 戒具
• 戒刀
• 戒勉
• 戒口 (jièkǒu)
• 戒嚴／戒严 (jièyán)
• 戒嚴令／戒严令
• 戒嚴法／戒严法

• 戒塗／戒涂
• 戒壇／戒坛
• 戒尺
• 戒律
• 戒心 (jièxīn)
• 戒忌
• 戒惕
• 戒懼／戒惧
• 戒指 (jièzhǐ)
• 戒掉
• 戒敕
• 戒方
• 戒旦
• 戒書／戒书
• 戒條／戒条
• 戒毒
• 戒法
• 戒牒
• 戒相
• 戒石
• 戒絕／戒绝
• 戒臘／戒腊
• 戒菸／戒烟
• 戒葷／戒荤
• 戒行
• 戒誨／戒诲
• 戒護／戒护
• 戒賭／戒赌
• 戒酒 (jièjiǔ)
• 戒除 (jièchú)
• 戒飭／戒饬
• 戒驕戒躁／戒骄戒躁
• 戒體／戒体

• 持戒
• 持滿戒盈／持满戒盈
• 持齋受戒／持斋受戒
• 摩頂受戒／摩顶受戒
• 敕戒
• 止持戒
• 殺戒／杀戒
• 法戒
• 清規戒律／清规戒律
• 犯戒
• 省戒
• 破戒
• 禁戒
• 結婚戒指／结婚戒指 (jiéhūn jièzhǐ)
• 色戒
• 菩薩戒／菩萨戒
• 覆車之戒／覆车之戒
• 覆車當戒／覆车当戒
• 規戒／规戒
• 說戒／说戒
• 諄諄告戒／谆谆告戒
• 警戒 (jǐngjiè)
• 警戒線／警戒线
• 警戒色
• 豬八戒／猪八戒 (Zhū Bājiè)
• 酒戒
• 鏡戒／镜戒
• 鑑戒／鉴戒
• 鑒戒／鉴戒
• 鑽戒／钻戒 (zuànjiè)
• 開戒／开戒
• 齋戒／斋戒 (zhāijiè)
• 齋戒沐浴／斋戒沐浴

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Japanese

Kanji

戒

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: け (ke) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: かい (kai)
• Kun: いましめる (imashimeru), いましめ (imashime)

Compounds

• 戒告
• 十戒
• 教戒
• 訓戒

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Korean

Hanja

戒 • ‎(gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune-Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

戒 (giới)

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