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Zach

Readings

Kana: カイ、いまし.める
Romaji: kai, imashi.meru
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

commandment

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  62
Frequency:  1062
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  3-4-3
Korean Reading:  gye
Chinese Reading:  jie4
Unicode:  6212
JIS:  327C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3204
Nelson Index: 1801
New Nelson Index: 2027
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4n3.1
Four Corner Index: 5340.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 1060
Gakken Index: 1191
Japanese Names Index: 511
Daikanwanjiten Index: 11548
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0023
Remembering the kanji Index: 676
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1330
Kodansha Compact Index: 838
Kanji in Context Index: 1334
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2043
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2760
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 683
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 730
Essential Kanji Index: 1006
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3972
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1459
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1123

Words

(かい、いんごと)
admonition; commandment; sila (precept)
警戒 (けいかい)
vigilance; precaution; watch; lookout; alertness; to be vigilant; to be cautious; to guard (against)
懲戒 (ちょうかい)
discipline; punishment; reprimand
戒律 (かいりつ)
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
十戒 (じっかい)
the 10 precepts; Ten Commandments; Decalogue; Decalog
哨戒 (しょうかい)
patrolling (esp. using ships or aircraft)
戒名 (かいみょう)
posthumous Buddhist name
戒厳 (かいげん)
martial law
戒める (いましめる)
to admonish; to warn; to remonstrate; to prohibit; to forbid; to be cautious; to punish
破戒 (はかい)
breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
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