戒

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to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Two hands 廾 brandishing a spear 戈

Components 戈廾

take precautions against · Heisig RSH #1868

two hands + fiesta

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
言者无罪，闻者足戒	yán zhě wú zuì , wén zhě zú jiè	don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's m…
戒治所	jiè zhì suǒ	drug rehabilitation center
引以为戒	yǐn yǐ wéi jiè	to take sth as a warning (idiom); to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out bad…
戒毒所	jiè dú suǒ	drug rehabilitation center
戒子	jiè zi	(finger) ring
戒心	jiè xīn	vigilance; wariness
戒行	jiè xíng	(Buddhism) to adhere strictly to the ethical precepts; asceticism
力戒	lì jiè	to try everything to avoid; to guard against
开戒	kāi jiè	to end abstinence; to resume (drinking) after a break; to break (a taboo)
警戒线	jǐng jiè xiàn	police cordon; alert level
印戒细胞	yìn jiè xì bāo	(medicine) signet ring cell
传戒	chuán jiè	(Buddhism) to initiate sb for monkhood or nunhood
戒酒	jiè jiǔ	to give up drinking; to abstain from drinking
八戒	Bā jiè	see 豬八戒\|猪八戒[Zhu1 Ba1 jie4]
八戒	bā jiè	the eight precepts (Buddhism)
戒严区	jiè yán qū	restricted area; zone of application of the martial law
戒命	jiè mìng	prohibition
戒毒	jiè dú	to kick a drug habit; to abstain from drugs
以示警戒	yǐ shì jǐng jiè	to serve as a warning (idiom)
戒指	jiè zhi	(finger) ring

These characters use 戒 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
戒 sound part	jiè	to warn, to admonish; to swear off, to avoid
械	xiè	weapons; tools; instruments