懲
懲 — Penal
penal, chastise, punish, discipline
On’yomiチョウ (chou)
Kun’yomiこりる (koriru)
Kun’yomiこらす (korasu)
Kun’yomiこらしめる (korashimeru)
Stroke order (18 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 懲
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 懲役 | ちょうえき choueki | penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour) |
| 懲戒 | ちょうかい choukai | discipline; punishment; reprimand |
| 懲罰 | ちょうばつ choubatsu | discipline; punishment; reprimand |
| 懲りる | こりる koriru | to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way |
| 勧善懲悪 | かんぜんちょうあく kanzenchouaku | rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice |
| 懲罰委員会 | ちょうばついいんかい choubatsuiinkai | disciplinary committee |
Study notes
懲 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 18 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1303 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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