诫

誡

jiè

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frequent character

commandment, to prohibit

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

诫 joins 讠, the speech part, with 戒 jiè, meaning 'to warn, admonish', which also supplies the sound. Warning someone in words gives the single sense, 'to warn or admonish'.

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Homophones

to arrive at (place or time)

circles, world (circle of literature and art)

to introduce, to lie between

to transport under guard

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