| Kanji | 戒 | 
|---|---|
| Onyomi | カイ | 
| Kunyomi | いまし.める | 
| English | commandment | 
| Examples | 警戒(けいかい): (1) vigilance; precaution; watch; lookout; alertness (2) to be vigilant; to be cautious; to guard (against) | 
| JLPT Level | 1 | 
| Jouyou Grade | S | 
| Frequency | 1062 | 
| Components | 戈: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62) 廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55) | 
| Number of Strokes | 7 | 
| Kanji Radical | 戈 | 
| Radical Number | 62 | 
| Radical Strokes | 4 | 
| Radical Reading | ほこ・ほこづくり・ほこがまえ・かのほこ | 
| Traditional Form | (none) | 
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic | 
| Keyword | commandment | 
| Koohii Story 1 | Two hands, fiesta.....when moses received the ten commandments with two hands, he went back down the mountain and threw a fiesta with the jews, celebrating the arrival of the commandments. | 
| Koohii Story 2 | When Moses returned with the commandments in his hands he saw that his people were throwing a fiesta. At first he was excited. Then he looked around and got pissed. "Awww, c´mon guys. Golden idols? Really?". | 
| RTK Index (new) | 730 | 
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500
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