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戒
jiè
1. to guard against
2. to exhort
3. to admonish or warn
4. to give up or stop doing sth
5. Buddhist monastic discipline
6. ring (for a finger)
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

戒
jiè
to warn, to admonish; to swear off, to avoid
HSK 5 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

斋戒
zhāijiè
to fast
传戒
chuánjiè
to initiate novice (Buddhist monk)
儆戒
jǐngjiè
to warn
八戒
bājiè
the eight precepts (Buddhism)
力戒
lìjiè
to try everything to avoid
勒戒
lèjiè
to force sb to give up (a drug)
劝戒
quànjiè
variant of [[勸誡|劝诫<quànjiè>]]
十戒
shíjiè
the ten commandments (religion)
印戒
yìnjiè
signet ring (cell)
受戒
shòujiè
to take oaths as a monk (Buddhism)
告戒
gàojiè
variant of [[告誡|告诫<gàojiè>]]
惩戒
chéngjiè
to discipline
戒备
jièbèi
to take precautions
HSK 6
犯戒
fànjiè
to go against the rules (of a religious order)
破戒
pòjiè
to violate a religious precept
禁戒
jìnjiè
guard against
规戒
guījiè
variant of [[規誡|规诫<guījiè>]]
训戒
xùnjiè
variant of [[訓誡|训诫<xùnjiè>]]
警戒
jǐngjiè
to warn
鉴戒
jiànjiè
lesson from events of the past

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,565
Word Frequency Rank
2,142 of 84,292

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