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戒 = 廾 + 戈

戒 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “commandment”. It is built from 廾 (two hands) and 戈 (spear). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 730. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
commandment
RTK frame
730
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いまし.める
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
заповедь
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
戒 warn

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 廾 two hands
  2. 戈 spear

Characters that contain 戒

How to find 戒 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “two hands” + “spear”. 戒 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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