Entry
  1. Noun

    Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen)

    Abbreviationcalled けいさく in Rinzai Zen, きょうさく in Soto Zensee 警覚策励see 座禅

  2. horsewhip

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

admonish, commandment

Kun
いまし.める
On
ケイ
Strokes
19
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
366 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-12-7SKIP code
7a12.7The Kanji Dictionary
4860.1Four corner code
1977deroo
8b66Unicode hex code
1-23-57JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4439Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5705New Nelson (John Haig)
2893New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3595Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1847Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2512Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
336Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
358Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
410A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
902Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35989Morohashi
847A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
706Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
719Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
912Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
857henshall3
1005Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
454crowley
476Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1657Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
343Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jing3Pinyin reading
gyeongKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

scheme, plan, policy, step, means

On
サク
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
209 of 2500
Radical
bamboo
WaniKani
Level 22

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-6-6SKIP code
6f6.2The Kanji Dictionary
8890.2Four corner code
2364deroo
7b56Unicode hex code
1-26-86JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3393Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4284New Nelson (John Haig)
2679New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3320Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1720Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2338Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
948Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1019Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
256A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1767Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
695Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
26009Morohashi
873A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
880Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
901Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
795sakade
1604Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
883henshall3
945Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
256crowley
1057Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1477Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
957Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ce4Pinyin reading
chaegKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
22WaniKani level