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Kanji Detail for 戒 - "caution, warn, precept"

  • Meaning

    戒 means "caution, warn, precept."

    1. To warn - To be cautious; to prepare.

    2. To admonish - To give advice; to caution.

    3. To prohibit - To forbid; to ban.

    4. Precept - Things to be careful about; things to avoid.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    commandment

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    warn, caution, admonish

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to warn, to admonish; to swear off, to avoid

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

    To warn; to admonish. Such as 儆戒, 勸戒. | To prepare. Guarding against trouble is 戒. (Mencius) "I have a vigilant mind." | 齋戒: Abstaining from desires before sacrifices. Now, self-discipline is also 戒. Such as 戒煙, 戒賭. Not keeping this discipline is 破戒. Also, Buddhists have five precepts: killing, stealing, adultery, lying, and drinking. Such as 戒律. Today's monastic 傳戒, 受戒 are based on this. | Same as 界. Mountains and rivers form the north-south boundaries. See (Book of Tang).
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