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懲

懲 — penal, chastise, punish

On
チョウ
Kun
こりる, こらす, こらしめる
Strokes
18
JLPT
N1
School grade
8

Common words with 懲

  • 懲役ちょうえきpenal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)Common

    彼は懲役十年で、女房には三年の刑が下った。
    He was given ten years and his wife three.

  • 懲戒ちょうかいdiscipline; punishment; reprimandCommon
  • 懲罰ちょうばつdiscipline; punishment; reprimandCommon

    シンガポールでは罪人を懲罰する方法としてむち打ちがある。
    In Singapore, one way to punish a criminal is to whip him or her.

  • 勧善懲悪かんぜんちょうあくrewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justiceCommon
  • 懲りるこりるto learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard wayCommon
  • 懲罰委員会ちょうばついいんかいdisciplinary committeeOccasional
  • 懲戒処分ちょうかいしょぶんdisciplinary measures; (judicial) sanctionsRare
  • 懲役刑ちょうえきけいjail sentence; imprisonmentRare
  • 懲戒請求ちょうかいせいきゅうformal demand for disciplinary measures against a lawyerRare
  • 懲戒解雇ちょうかいかいこdisciplinary discharge; punitive dismissalRare
  • 懲りないこりない(someone who) doesn't learn their lesson; obstinateRare
  • これに懲りずにこれにこりずにwithout being discouraged by this (experience); without letting this put (you)…Rare
  • 懲りない奴こりないやつperson (generally male) who won't learn their lesson; persistent jerkRare
  • 懲罰的ちょうばつてきpunitiveRare
  • 懲罰房ちょうばつぼうdisciplinary cell; solitary confinement cellRare
  • 無期懲役むきちょうえきlife imprisonment; imprisonment for life; indefinite imprisonmentRare
  • 懲戒免職ちょうかいめんしょくdisciplinary dismissal (discharge)Rare
  • 懲らしめこらしめchastisementRare
  • 懲らしめるこらしめるto chastise; to punish; to disciplineRare
  • 勧善懲悪小説かんぜんちょうあくしょうせつ(Edo-period) didactic novel or fictionRare

With the N5–N1 kanji, you can read 29 words that use 懲.

  • 懲役 ちょうえき penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
  • 懲戒 ちょうかい discipline; punishment; reprimand
  • 懲罰 ちょうばつ discipline; punishment; reprimand
  • 懲りる こりる 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 rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice

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