戒: CommandmentKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (カイ)

• 警戒けいかいvigilance; caution
• 懲戒ちょうかいdiscipline; punishment
• 戒告かいこくadmonition; warning
• 戒厳令かいげんれいmartial law
• 厳戒げんかいstrict guard
• 哨戒しょうかいpatrolling (esp. using ships or aircraft)
• 戒名かいみょうposthumous Buddhist name
• 戒律かいりつ(religious) precept; discipline
• 破戒はかいbreaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
• 自戒じかいself-admonition
• 訓戒くんかいwarning; admonition
• 一罰百戒いちばつひゃっかいpunishing a crime to make an example for others
• 七仏通戒偈しちぶつつうかいげVerse of the Shared Morality of the Seven Buddhas
• 三摩耶戒さんまやかいprecepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism)
• 不飲酒戒ふおんじゅかいBuddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol
• 五戒ごかいthe five precepts (prohibitions against killing, theft, sexual misconduct, lying and intemperance)
• 八戒はっかいthe eight precepts (in addition to the five precepts, prohibitions against: lying in a luxurious bed; self-decoration, song and dance; and eating after noon)
• 十戒じっかいthe 10 precepts
• 厳戒態勢げんかいたいせいhigh alert; a state of high alert
• 受戒じゅかいvowing to follow the precepts
• 哨戒機しょうかいきpatrol plane
• 哨戒艇しょうかいていpatrol boat
• 哨戒艦艇しょうかいかんていmilitary patrol boat
• 噴火警戒レベルふんかけいかいレベルVolcanic Alert Level
• 妄語戒もうごかいdo not speak untruthfully (precept)
• 対潜哨戒機たいせんしょうかいきantisubmarine patrol plane
• 懲戒免ちょうかいめんdisciplinary dismissal; disciplinary discharge
• 懲戒免官ちょうかいめんかんdisciplinary dismissal; disciplinary discharge
• 懲戒免職ちょうかいめんしょくdisciplinary dismissal (discharge)
• 懲戒処分ちょうかいしょぶんdisciplinary measures; (judicial) sanctions
• 懲戒請求ちょうかいせいきゅうformal demand for disciplinary measures against a lawyer
• 戒かいadmonition; commandment
• 戒を破るかいをやぶるto break the Buddhist commandments
• 戒厳かいげんmartial law
• 戒告処分かいこくしょぶんpunishment by formal warning; punishing someone by a reprimand
• 戒壇かいだんordination platform
• 戒律宗かいりつしゅうRitsu (school of Buddhism)
• 戒心かいしんcaution; precaution
• 戒慎かいしんcaution; discretion
• 戒行かいぎょうobserving the precepts (of Buddhism)
• 戒護かいごsafe custody
• 戒飭かいちょくadmonishment; warning
• 持戒じかいstrictly adhering to Buddhist precepts
• 授戒じゅかいhanding down the precepts
• 教戒きょうかいcounselling (often of imprisoned criminals by a chaplain, etc.); giving guidance
• 教戒師きょうかいしchaplain (e.g. of a prison)
• 斎戒さいかいpurification
• 斎戒もく浴さいかいもくよくpurification; washing
• 斎戒沐浴さいかいもくよくpurification; washing
• 早期警戒そうきけいかいearly warning
• 早期警戒情報そうきけいかいじょうほうShared Early Warning; SEW
• 早期警戒機そうきけいかいきairborne early-warning system; AWACS
• 早期警戒管制機そうきけいかいかんせいきairborne early-warning system; AWACS
• 沙弥十戒しゃみじっかいthe 10 precepts
• 海洋哨戒機かいようしょうかいきmaritime patrol aircraft; MPA
• 特別警戒とくべつけいかいspecial precautions; special vigilance

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 戒めいましめcaution; admonition
• 戒めるいましめるto warn against; to caution against
• 前車の覆るは後車の戒めぜんしゃのくつがえるはこうしゃのいましめlearn wisdom from the follies of others; learn from others' mistakes

Other readings

• 三昧耶戒さんまやかいprecepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism)

Showing the 60 most common of 83 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 戒

• 警
• 懲
• 早
• 期
• 機
• 厳
• 破
• 免
• 心
• 斎
• 報