The Chinese Radical: 戒


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Meaning
warn, caution    戒

Explanation swear off, refrain from, to avoid, admonish

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 5
warning, guard against, to exhort, to admonish
jiè
Left: two hands (= twice this hand with the fingers towards the top; simplified & combined), right: halberd
Two hands are holding up a halberd to warn and admonish.
JLPT HSK 6
machine, appliance, tool, gear, mechanical
xiè
Left: tree , right: admonish/warning (two hands holding a halberd to admonish)
If you use wood and your hands to make a halberd, you need: a machine.
JLPT HSK 6
commandment, to admonish, prohibit
jiè
Left: word /, right: to warn (Two hands are holding a halberd to warn) [hands = twice this hand with the fingers towards the top; simplified & combined]
Words to warn as a commandment.

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