Japanese Word Entry

戒める

Kana:	いましめる
Romaji:	imashimeru
Definitions:	to warn against, to caution against to admonish, to scold, to rebuke to prohibit, to forbid, to ban to be cautious to detest, to loathe to punish
Alternative forms:	誡める【いましめる (imashimeru) 】警める【いましめる (imashimeru) 】

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Chinese characters used in this word

戒	commandment, warn, caution, admonish

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄐㄧㄝˋ (jiè)
Cantonese:	gaai3
Japanese:	カイ (kai) / いまし.める (imashimeru)、いましめ (imashime)
Korean:	계 (gye)
Vietnamese:	giới, dới, giái, giáy, rối, giới

誡	admonish, warn, prohibit, warning

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄐㄧㄝˋ (jiè)
Cantonese:	gaai3
Japanese:	カイ (kai) / いまし.める (imashimeru)
Korean:	계 (gye)
Vietnamese:	giới

Variants

Simplified Chinese form:

诫

警	admonish, commandment, guard, watch, alert, alarm

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄐㄧㄥˇ (jǐng)
Cantonese:	ging2
Japanese:	ケイ (kei)、キョウ (kyou) / いまし.める (imashimeru)、いましめ (imashime)
Korean:	경 (gyeong)
Vietnamese:	cảnh, khểnh

Variants

Semantic variant form:

儆