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Kanji Detail for 懲 - "discipline, chastise, learn a lesson"

懲

  • Meaning

    懲 means "discipline, chastise, learn a lesson."

    1. Discipline - To punish to correct behavior; to impose sanctions.

    2. Chastise - To reprimand severely; to penalize for wrongdoing.

    3. Learn a lesson - To regret mistakes and resolve not to repeat them.

  • Words using 懲

    • 懲役 ちょうえき Listen penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
    • 懲戒 ちょうかい Listen discipline; punishment; reprimand
    • 懲罰 ちょうばつ Listen discipline; punishment; reprimand
    • 懲りる こりる Listen to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way

  • Four-character idioms with 懲

    • 勧善懲悪 かんぜんちょうあく Listen rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice

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    • Verified meaning: discipline, chastise, learn a lesson
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    penal; chastise; punish; discipline

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    punish, reprimand; warn

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to punish; to reprimand; to warn

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to discipline, to punish, to reprimand, to warn

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To punish as a warning. Making someone fearful so they dare not act. Such as 薄懲, 嚴懲.

  • Onyomi

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    choh(チョウ) チョウ

  • Kunyomi

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    korashimeru(こ-らしめる) こ-らしめる

    korasu(こ-らす) こ-らす

    koriru(こ-りる) こ-りる

  • Strokes

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    18 strokes

  • Radical

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    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    discipline chastise learn a lesson aversion punish repent admonishment castigation correct penalize penalty reprimand retribution sanction train educate

Sentences including 懲

  • You never learn, do you?

  • I've had enough.

  • A burnt child dreads the fire.

  • Truly, you are a person who will not learn from experience.

  • I got five years in prison.

  • He was sentenced to three years in jail.

  • This will teach her a lesson.

  • Don't let this discourage you from trying it again.

  • The accused was condemned to ten years in prison.

  • Bank robbery will cost you ten years in prison.

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