to punish / to reprimand / to warn
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How to pronounce 懲

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ch initial

Ch is for Charlie Chaplin.

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+ (e)ng2 final

In the engine’s kitchen.

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懲 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
zhǐ = zh + Ø3
4th note in pentatonic scale 五音[wu3 yin1], roughly sol / see also 徵|征[zheng1]
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to invite / to recruit / to levy (taxes) / to draft (troops) / phenomenon / symptom / characteristic sign (used as proof) / evidence
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xīn = xi + (e)n1
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
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Characters with 懲 as component

懲 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 懲

to punish severely
to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice / you get what's coming to you

Sentences with 懲

懲 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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chéng

to punish / to reprimand / to warn

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