诫 (jiè): commandment, to prohibit
诫 (jiè) is a Chinese character meaning “commandment.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (structural) and 戒 (structural). It ranks #2613 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 诫 words 讠 of warning 戒; 戒 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- commandment
- to prohibit
Etymology & Origin
ideographicWords 讠 of warning 戒; 戒 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰讠戒 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 告诫 | gào jiè | to warn |
| 训诫verb | xùn jiè | to reprimand |
| 劝诫verb | quàn jiè | to exhort |
| 小惩大诫 | xiǎo chéng dà jiè | lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom) |
| 十诫noun | shí jiè | ten commandments |
| 诫命noun | jiè mìng | commandment |
| 规诫verb | guī jiè | to warn (against some course) |
| 警诫verb | jǐng jiè | variant of 警戒 |
| 谆谆告诫phrase | zhūn zhūn gào jiè | to repeatedly advise sb earnestly (idiom) |
诫 appears in 9 compound words: 11 as the first character, 89 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 诫 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
请诫细阅读合同条款，再签字确认。
qǐng jiè xì yuè dòu gě tóng tiáo kuǎn , zài qiān zì què rèn .
Please carefully review the contract terms before signing to confirm.
她的舅舅梁从诫曾说，母亲最喜欢“对小牛弹琴”。
tā de jiù jiù liáng cóng jiè céng shuō , mǔ qīn zuì xǐ huān duì xiǎo niú dàn qín .
Her uncle, Liang Congjie, once said that her mother loved nothing more than “preaching to the wind.”
陪审员入席前，美国地区法官伊冯娜 · 冈萨雷斯 · 罗杰斯先训诫了马斯克。
péi shěn yuán rù xí qián , měi guó dì qū fǎ guān yī píng nà gāng sà léi sī luó jié sī xiān xùn jiè le mǎ sī kè .
Before the jurors took their seats, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers first admonished Musk.
...3球员深夜喧哗惹议 球团罚款惩处并严正告诫
. . . 3 qiú yuán shēn yè xuān huā rě yì qiú tuán fá kuǎn chéng chǔ bìng yán zhèng gào jiè
...Three players face backlash for late-night disturbance; team imposes fines and issues stern warnings
他告诫他们不要吵闹。
Tā gàojiè tāmen bù yào chǎonào.
He admonished them for being noisy.
Character Family
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