懲 is the Japanese kanji for punish, penal, chastise, discipline. It is written with 18 strokes and appears at JLPT level N1. Its kun reading is こ.りる、こ.らす、こ.らしめる and its on reading is チョウ.
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Words with 懲
- 懲りるto learn by experience, to learn one's lesson, to learn the hard way
- 懲役penal servitude, imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
- 懲戒discipline, punishment, reprimand
- 勧善懲悪rewarding good and punishing evil, poetic justice
Practice 懲 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.