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警
警
See also: 儆
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
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
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
警 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 警
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| Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (敬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 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
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ging2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kín
- Jin (Wiktionary): jing2
- Min Dong (BUC): gīng
- Min Nan (POJ): kèng / kéng
- Wu (Wiktionary): jin (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ
- Wade-Giles: ching3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiing
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ging2
- Yale: gíng
- Cantonese Pinyin: ging2
- IPA (key): /kɪŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kín
- Hakka Romanization System: gin`
- Hagfa Pinyim: gin3
- IPA: /kin³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Jin
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gīng
- IPA (key): /kiŋ³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng
- Tâi-lô: kìng
- Phofsit Daibuun: kexng
- IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
- Tâi-lô: kíng
- Phofsit Daibuun: keang
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: jin (T2)
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕɪɲ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
| 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 |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| 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
- 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”).
Compounds
Derived terms from 警
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Japanese
Kanji
警
Readings
Korean
Hanja
警 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경)
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Vietnamese
Han character
警 (cảnh, khểnh)
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