戒 (jiè) — Chinese Character

戒

jiè

to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)

Radical: 戈 HSK 5 v, g, vn ideographic

Components & Etymology

戒 decomposes into the following components:

戈廾

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 戒.

传戒

chuán jiè

to initiate novice (Buddhist monk)

儆戒

jǐng jiè

to warn

八戒

bā jiè

the eight precepts (Buddhism)

力戒

lì jiè

to try everything to avoid

劝戒

quàn jiè

to warn

勒戒

lè jiè

to force sb (to give up drug)

十戒

shí jiè

the ten commandments (religion)

印戒

yìn jiè

受戒

shòu jiè

to take oaths as a monk (Buddhism)

告戒

gào jiè

开戒

kāi jiè

to end abstinence

惩戒

chéng jiè

to discipline

Characters that share the radical 戈.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.