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The kanji 懲: meaning, readings and stroke order
懲
- Meaning
- punish, learn a lesson
- On reading
- チョウ chou
- Kun reading
- こ（りる） koriru、こ（らす） korasu、こ（らしめる） korashimeru
- Strokes
- 18
- Radical
- 心 heart
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
- Old form
- 懲
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- trừng phạt, chừa (trừng)
- Japanese
- こらしめる。こりて もう しない。
- Korean
- 벌하다, 질리다 (징)
- Chinese
- 惩罚、吸取教训 (惩)
Readings, words and example sentences
チョウ chou · on reading · less common
懲罰
punishment, discipline
懲罰の きまりを 読みます。
I read the rules on punishment.
こ（りる） koriru · kun reading · less common
懲りる
to learn one's lesson
失敗して 懲りました。
I failed, and I learned my lesson.
こ（らす） korasu · kun reading · less common
懲らす
to punish (so it won't happen again)
いたずらっ子を 懲らします。
They punish the naughty kid so it won't happen again.
こ（らしめる） korashimeru · kun reading · less common
懲らしめる
to punish, to teach a lesson
悪者を 懲らしめます。
They teach the bad guys a lesson.
Practise writing 懲 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 懲 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 9 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.