漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
懲: penal, chastise
Also: punish, discipline
JLPT N118 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
心 carries the meaning · 徴 gives the sound
18 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
チョウchou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 懲役ちょうえき
- 懲戒ちょうかいdiscipline; punishment; reprimand
- 懲罰ちょうばつdiscipline; punishment; reprimand
- 勧善懲悪かんぜんちょうあくrewarding good and punishing evil
- 懲罰委員会ちょうばついいんかいdisciplinary committee
こりるkoriru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 懲りるこりるto learn by experience
Also read こらす, こらしめる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The ancient character once looked like a beating heart with its arteries. Today, 心 represents the very center of who we are—the place where our feelings bloom, our thoughts grow, and our spirit resides.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 惩 · traditional, as in Japanese · chéng
Japan keeps the traditional form 懲; mainland China simplifies it to 惩.
- Simplified
- 惩 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 懲 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chéng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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