警

See also: 儆

警 U+8B66, 警 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B66 ← 譥 [U+8B65] CJK Unified Ideographs 譧 → [U+8B67]

Translingual

Han character

警 (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: page 1183, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35989
• Dae Jaweon: page 1645, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian: 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, OC *kreŋʔ): phonetic 敬 (OC *kreŋs) + semantic 言.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐng (jing³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kín
• Jin (Wiktionary): jing²
• Min Dong (BUC): gīng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kèng / kéng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêng⁶ / gêng²

• Wu (Wiktionary): jin (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Wade–Giles: ching³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiing
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging²
    • Yale: gíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kín
    • Hakka Romanization System: gin`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gin³
    • Sinological IPA: /kin³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jing²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕĩŋ⁵³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng
    • Tâi-lô: kìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kexng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
    • Tâi-lô: kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keang
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêng⁶ / gêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kĕng / kéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ³⁵/, /keŋ⁵²/

Note: gêng2 - Jieyang, Chaoyang.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: jin (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɪɲ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠiæŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	警
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居影切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiaŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiajŋX/
Li Rong	/kiɐŋX/
Wang Li	/kĭɐŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǐng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kreŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	警
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	警
Reading #	1/1
No.	6879
Phonetic component	敬
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	警
Old Chinese	/*kreŋʔ/

Definitions

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”).

Compounds

Derived terms from 警

• 交警 (jiāojǐng)
• 以一警百
• 便衣警察
• 保安警察
• 保警
• 公路警察
• 出警入蹕／出警入跸
• 刑事警察 (xíngshì jǐngchá)
• 刑警 (xíngjǐng)
• 刑警隊／刑警队
• 制服警察
• 劣化警報／劣化警报
• 司法警察
• 告警
• 員警／员警 (yuánjǐng)
• 報警／报警 (bàojǐng)
• 女警 (nǚjǐng)
• 察警
• 專業警察／专业警察
• 崗警／岗警
• 巡警 (xúnjǐng)
• 懲一警百／惩一警百
• 拉警報／拉警报
• 振警愚頑／振警愚顽
• 撞警鐘／撞警钟
• 晏開之警／晏开之警
• 機警／机警 (jījǐng)
• 檢警合一／检警合一
• 武警 (wǔjǐng)
• 殲一警百／歼一警百
• 水上警察 (shuǐshàng jǐngchá)
• 法警 (fǎjǐng)
• 港警
• 火警 (huǒjǐng)
• 煙火之警／烟火之警
• 特警 (tèjǐng)
• 犬吠之警
• 狗吠之警
• 獄警／狱警 (yùjǐng)
• 示警
• 祕密警察
• 空氣警報／空气警报
• 空襲警報／空袭警报

• 經濟警察／经济警察
• 緊急警報／紧急警报
• 義勇警察／义勇警察
• 義警／义警
• 行政警察
• 觸目警心／触目警心
• 誅一警百／诛一警百
• 警世 (jǐngshì)
• 警世通言
• 警世鐘／警世钟
• 警候
• 警備／警备 (jǐngbèi)
• 警備區／警备区
• 警備森嚴／警备森严
• 警兆
• 警動／警动
• 警務／警务 (jǐngwù)
• 警務處／警务处
• 警勤區／警勤区
• 警句 (jǐngjù)
• 警告 (jǐnggào)
• 警告啟事／警告启事
• 警告牌
• 警員／警员 (jǐngyuán)
• 警報／警报 (jǐngbào)
• 警報器／警报器 (jǐngbàoqì)
• 警官 (jǐngguān)
• 警官學校／警官学校
• 警察 (jǐngchá)
• 警察制度
• 警察勤務／警察勤务
• 警察學／警察学
• 警察學校／警察学校
• 警察局 (jǐngchájú)
• 警察權／警察权
• 警察節／警察节
• 警局 (jǐngjú)
• 警巡
• 警心滌慮／警心涤虑
• 警惕 (jǐngtì)
• 警戒 (jǐngjiè)
• 警戒線／警戒线 (jǐngjièxiàn)

• 警戒色
• 警探 (jǐngtàn)
• 警政
• 警政署
• 警枕
• 警械
• 警標／警标
• 警犬 (jǐngquǎn)
• 警眾／警众
• 警示 (jǐngshì)
• 警笛 (jǐngdí)
• 警策
• 警網／警网
• 警號／警号
• 警衛／警卫 (jǐngwèi)
• 警覺／警觉 (jǐngjué)
• 警角
• 警訊／警讯 (jǐngxùn)
• 警語／警语
• 警蹕／警跸
• 警車／警车 (jǐngchē)
• 警醒
• 警鈴／警铃
• 警鐘／警钟 (jǐngzhōng)
• 警鴿／警鸽
• 警鼓
• 跑警報／跑警报
• 路警
• 軍事警察／军事警察
• 軍法警察／军法警察
• 軍警／军警
• 違警／违警
• 違警罰法／违警罚法
• 邊警／边警
• 鎮暴警察／镇暴警察
• 鐵路警察／铁路警察
• 門警／门警 (ménjǐng)
• 預警／预警 (yùjǐng)
• 颱風警報／台风警报
• 駐衛警察／驻卫警察
• 駐警／驻警
• 鶴警／鹤警

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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

警 (cảnh)

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