Memory phrase for the character: 戒

戒

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Meaning

warning, guard against, to exhort, to admonish

Pronunciation

 jiè

Explanation

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

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

Radicals

戒 warn, cautionswear off, refrain from, to avoid, admonish
廾 two handsTwice this hand 屮 (with the fingers 山 towards the top) side by side, which was simplified and combined.
戈 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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