警

See also: 儆

Translingual

Han character

警 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿大卜一口 (TKYMR), four-corner 4860₁, composition ⿱敬言)

Related characters

• 儆

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1183, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35989
• Dae Jaweon: page 1645, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4017, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8B66

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Chinese

trad.		警
simp. #		警

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 警
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (敬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蟼	*kraː, *kreŋ, *kreŋʔ
憼	*kaŋʔ, *kreŋʔ
驚	*kreŋ
警	*kreŋʔ
儆	*kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋs
璥	*keŋʔ
檠	*kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋ, *ɡreŋs
敬	*kreŋs
擎	*ɡreŋ
曔	*ɡreŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreŋʔ) : phonetic 敬 (OC *kreŋs) + semantic 言.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 警

1. to warn; to admonish

   警告  ―  jǐnggào  ―  to warn

2. to be on the alert; to be vigilant

   警覺／警觉  ―  jǐngjué  ―  vigilance

3. intuitive; sharp; alert
4. aphoristic; epigrammatic; witty
5. alarm; alert; siren

   火警  ―  huǒjǐng  ―  fire alarm

6. Short for 警察 (jǐngchá, “police”).

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Japanese

Kanji

警

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. admonish
2. commandment

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)
• Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)
• Kun: いましめる (imashimeru, 警める)

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Korean

Hanja

警 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경)

1. guard, watch
2. alert, alarm

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 警 (cảnh)

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