punish / learn from
N1- Onyomi
- チョウ
- Kunyomi
- こ(りる)
- Stroke count
- 18
- JLPT
- N1
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 懲 down and you get 心 (heart / feeling) — a heart, the seat of how you feel. Picture a heart, standing for how something feels, put 懲 inside it, and let that scene stand for "punish" — punish / learn from. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 18
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は18画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 18 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
懲戒
choukai
disciplinary action
懲罰
choubatsu
punishment
懲戒する
choukaisuru
to do disciplinary action
懲罰する
choubatsusuru
to do punishment
懲罰した
choubatsushita
plain past: did punishment
懲戒した
choukaishita
plain past: did disciplinary action
Example sentences (5)
規則違反で懲戒処分を受けました。
きそく いはん で ちょうかい しょぶん を うけました。
kisoku ihan de choukai shobun o ukemashita.
He received disciplinary action for breaking the rules.
懲戒処分に至る前に、本人からの聞き取りが行われます。
ちょうかい しょぶん に いたる まえ に、ほんにん から の ききとり が おこなわれます。
choukai shobun ni itaru mae ni, honnin kara no kikitori ga okonawaremasu.
Before it reaches disciplinary action, the person concerned is interviewed.
違反者には懲罰が科されます。
いはんしゃ に は ちょうばつ が かされます。
ihansha ni wa choubatsu ga kasaremasu.
Violators are punished.
懲罰だけを強めても、同じ違反が繰り返されるだけです。
ちょうばつ だけ を つよめて も、おなじ いはん が くりかえされる だけ です。
choubatsu dake o tsuyomete mo, onaji ihan ga kurikaesareru dake desu.
Toughening punishment alone just means the same violations keep repeating.
戒告は、懲戒処分の中では最も軽いものとされています。
かいこく は、ちょうかい しょぶん の なか で は もっとも かるい もの と されています。
kaikoku wa, choukai shobun no naka de wa mottomo karui mono to sareteimasu.
An admonition is regarded as the lightest of the disciplinary measures.