懲

懲 — penal, chastise, punish

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 18
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1303 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ちょう chou
Kun'yomi: こ.りる ko.riru

こ.らす ko.rasu

こ.らしめる ko.rashimeru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 懲

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

懲りるこりる to learn by experience JLPT N1