警
See also: 儆
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TranslingualEdit
Han characterEdit
警 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+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 ⿱敬言)
Related charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: 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
ChineseEdit
trad. | 警 | |
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simp. # | 警 | |
2nd round simp. | ⿰忄井 |
Glyph originEdit
Historical forms of the character 警 |
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Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
Small seal script |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kreŋʔ): phonetic 敬 (OC *kreŋs) + semantic 言 (“spoken language, speech”).
EtymologyEdit
Cognate with 驚 (OC *kreŋ, “to be afraid; to scare”) (Schuessler, 2007); the sense "to be on guard" is the endoactive of 驚 (OC *kreŋ). See there for more.
儆 (OC *kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋs, “to warn; to guard against”) is the same word.
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
警
- to warn; to admonish
- 警告 ― jǐnggào ― to warn
- to be on the alert; to be vigilant
- intuitive; sharp; alert
- aphoristic; epigrammatic; witty
- alarm; alert; siren
- 火警 ― huǒjǐng ― fire alarm
- Short for 警察 (jǐngchá, “police”).
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 警
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JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
警
ReadingsEdit
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
警 (eumhun 경계할 경 (gyeonggyehal gyeong))
CompoundsEdit
VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
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