自警

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to alert; to warn; police
trad. (自警)		自	警
simp. #(自警)		自	警

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìjǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ ging²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìjǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhjǐng
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-ching³
    • Yale: dz̀-jǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhjiing
    • Palladius: цзыцзин (czyczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ ging²
    • Yale: jih gíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ ging²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ ging²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² kɪŋ³⁵/

Verb

自警

1. (literary) to maintain vigilance; to be on the alert

Japanese

Kanji in this term
自	警
じ Grade: 2	けい Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じけー [jìkéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑike̞ː]

Noun

自(じ)警(けい) • (jikei) 

1. short for 自警団 (jikeidan, “vigilante group”)
2. short for 自治体警察 (jichitai keisatsu, “municipal police”)

References

• “自警”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026