See also:
U+8B66, 警
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B66

[U+8B65]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8B67]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 149, +13 in traditional Chinese, 言+12 in simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 20 strokes in traditional Chinese, 19 strokes in simplified Chinese and Japanese and Korean, cangjie input 廿大卜一口 (TKYMR), four-corner 48601, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #
2nd round simp. ⿰忄井

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kreŋʔ) : phonetic (OC *kreŋs) + semantic (spoken language, speech).

Etymology

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Cognate with (OC *kreŋ, “to be afraid; to scare”) (Schuessler, 2007); the sense "to be on guard" is the endoactive of (OC *kreŋ). See there for more.

(OC *kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋs, “to warn; to guard against”) is the same word.

Pronunciation

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Note: gêng2 - Jieyang, Chaoyang.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (111)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter kjaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiæŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚiaŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiaŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kiajŋX/
Li
Rong
/kiɐŋX/
Wang
Li
/kĭɐŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ki̯ɐŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jǐng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ging2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jǐng
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjaengX ›
Old
Chinese
/*kreŋʔ/
English warn, admonish

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6879
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kreŋʔ/

Definitions

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  1. to warn; to admonish
      ―  jǐnggào  ―  to warn
  2. to be on the alert; to be vigilant
      ―  jǐngjué  ―  vigilance
  3. intuitive; sharp; alert
  4. aphoristic; epigrammatic; witty
  5. alarm; alert; siren
      ―  huǒjǐng  ―  fire alarm
  6. Short for 警察 (jǐngchá, “police”).
      ―  jǐngchē  ―  police car
    交通 [Cantonese]  ―  gaau1 tung1 ging2 [Jyutping]  ―  traffic police

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. admonish
  2. commandment

Readings

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

Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 경계할 (gyeonggyehal gyeong))

  1. hanja form? of (guard, watch)
  2. hanja form? of (alert, alarm)

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: cảnh

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