"戒" meaning in Japanese

See 戒 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

Forms: Jōyō kanji [romanization]
  1. commandment Tags: kanji
    Sense id: en-戒-ja-character-jYSUCL7y Categories (other): Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 88 12

Noun

IPA: [ka̠i] Forms: 戒 [canonical] (ruby: 戒(かい)), kai [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 戒 (MC keajH). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=かい}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|戒}} 戒 (MC keajH) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かい}} 戒(かい) • (kai)
  1. precept, commandment Derived forms: 戒告 (kaikoku) (ruby: 戒告(かいこく)), 十戒 (jikkai) (ruby: 十戒(じっかい)), 教戒 (kyōkai) (ruby: 教戒(きょうかい)), 訓戒 (kunkai) (ruby: 訓戒(くんかい))
    Sense id: en-戒-ja-noun-ON0D08g9 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 29 71 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 75 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 75
     
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