戒
jiè HSK5

warn

戒 jiè
abstain verb
to give up or stop doing something, especially a habit

他已经戒酒三年了。

tā yǐ​jīng jiè jiǔ sān nián le.

He has been sober for three years.

precepts noun
Buddhist monastic discipline or religious rules

这位僧人来到寺庙，正式受了具足戒。

zhè wèi sēng​rén lái​dào sì​miào, zhèng​shì shòu le jù​zú jiè.

The monk came to the temple and was formally ordained with the full precepts.

ring verb
a ring worn on the finger as jewelry

这枚金戒指是她祖母留给她的传家宝。

zhè méi jīn jiè zhǐ shì tā zǔ​mǔ liú​gěi tā de chuán​jiā​bǎo.

This gold ring is a family heirloom that her grandmother left to her.

warn expression
to guard against, admonish, or warn

我们要戒骄戒躁。

wǒ​men yào jiè jiāo jiè​zào.

We must guard against arrogance and rashness.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,566th most common 64.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,095th most common 85.8 per million appears in 27% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
25.6 per million appears in 8% of films
Written text
21.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+6212

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)