漢字Kanji · in Communication & Thought
警: admonish, commandment
JLPT N319 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 敬 gives the sound
19 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ケイkei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 警察けいさつpolice
- 警官けいかんpolice officer
- 警備けいびdefense, guard, policing
- 警部けいぶpolice inspector
- 警報けいほうalarm, warning
- 警鐘けいしょうalarm bell, fire bell
- 警視庁けいしちょうpolice headquarters
- 婦警ふけいpolicewoman
- 県警けんけいprefectural police
- 警告するけいこくするwarn, advice
- 警戒するけいかいするwarn, be vigilant [v.t.]
Also read いましめる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
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Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)敬 (sound) + 言 spoken language, speech (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 警 (rev. 88889619), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Respect/caution (敬) + words (言). Words spoken so that people stay alert and careful—a warning, as in 警察 (police) and 警告 (warning).”
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jǐng
Same form: 警 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 警 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 警 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jǐng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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