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Traditional (懲)
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Historical Evolution
懲
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
懲
Regular
Modern
Chinese
惩 / 懲 [chéng]
to punish; to reprimand; to warn
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (18)
惩罚 [chéngfá] #1,945
penalty
严惩 [yánchéng] #26,795
to punish severely
惩治 [chéngzhì] #27,888
to punish
惩处 [chéngchǔ] #39,748
to punish
奖惩 [jiǎngchéng] #17,137
rewards and penalties
惩戒 [chéngjiè] #22,455
to discipline
惩罚性 [chéngfáxìng] #28,113
punitive
惩办 [chéngbàn] #48,553
to punish (someone)
严惩不贷 [yánchéngbùdài] #67,295
to punish severely (idiom)
惩前毖后 [chéngqiánbìhòu] #46,311
lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again
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JAPANESE WORDS (36)
⭐ 懲りる [こりる] #7,664
to learn by experience
⭐ 懲罰 [ちょうばつ] #21,331
discipline
懲らしめる [こらしめる] #24,865
to chastise
⭐ 懲役 [ちょうえき] #27,281
penal servitude
性懲りもない [しょうこりもない] #31,280
incorrigible
⭐ 懲戒 [ちょうかい] #52,133
discipline
懲戒免職 [ちょうかいめんしょく] #55,719
disciplinary dismissal (discharge)
⭐ 勧善懲悪 [かんぜんちょうあく] #59,956
rewarding good and punishing evil
懲り懲り [こりごり] #61,942
having had enough (of)
無期懲役 [むきちょうえき] #65,238
life imprisonment
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