Memory phrase for the Kanji: 戒


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Meaning

warning, guard against, to exhort, to admonish

Pronunciation

jiè

Explanation

Left: two hands (= twice this hand with the fingers towards the top; simplified & combined), right: halberd

Mnemonic

Two hands are holding up a halberd to warn and admonish.

Radicals

warn, cautionswear off, refrain from, to avoid, admonish
two handstwice this hand (with the fingers towards the top) side by side & simplified.
halberd
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Vocabulary

 警戒  jǐng jiè  to warn; to be alert for
 戒备  jiè bèi  to take precautions; to guard against (emergency)
 戒严  jiè yán  to impose martial law; to impose curfew; martial law; curfew; emergency measures
 戒严  jiè yán  

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