jiè

warn

Depicts two hands () holding a weapon () guarding against danger.

Components
戈 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

spear

廾 meaning component

  Meaning component

gǒng

  

two hands

Evolution

戒 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
戒 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
戒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
戒 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
戒 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiè

warn, caution, admonish; to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)

Most common words with 戒
Freq.
Word
Meaning

戒指

(finger) ring

to exhort

警戒

to warn

戒毒

to kick a drug habit

戒烟

to give up smoking

Component uses

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Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)