警
to alert; to warn; police
19 strokes
Dict coverage rank #698 U+8B66
How 警 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
言 (semantic, “speech”) + 敬 (phonetic, jìng)
How to remember it
police · Heisig RSH #347
敬 revere + words
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 敬
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 敬 (jìng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敬 sound component | jìng | to respect, to honor; respectfully |
| 擎 | qíng | to lift; to support, to hold up |
| 儆 | jǐng | to warn; warning |
| 檠 | qíng | lamp stand; bow frame |
Words containing 警
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警世通言 | Jǐng shì Tōng yán | Stories to Caution the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng… |
| 中国人民武装警察部队 | Zhōng guó Rén mín Wǔ zhuāng Jǐng chá Bù duì | Chinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP, aka CAPF) |
| 报警器 | bào jǐng qì | alarm (e.g. burglar or fire alarm); warning device |
| 警报器 | jǐng bào qì | siren |
| 片儿警 | piàn r jǐng | local or neighborhood policeman |
| 交通警卫 | jiāo tōng jǐng wèi | road traffic policing |
| 武警战士 | wǔ jǐng zhàn shì | armed fighters; armed police; militia |
| 杀一警百 | shā yī jǐng bǎi | variant of 殺一儆百|杀一儆百[sha1 yi1 jing3 bai3] |
| 警区 | jǐng qū | policeman's round; patrol; beat |
| 海警 | hǎi jǐng | coast guard |
| 机警 | jī jǐng | perceptive; astute; sharp; sharp-witted; vigilant; alert |
| 女警员 | nǚ jǐng yuán | a policewoman |
| 警花 | jǐng huā | attractive policewoman; young female cop |
| 国民警卫队 | Guó mín Jǐng wèi duì | National Guard (United States) |
| 电子警察 | diàn zǐ jǐng chá | traffic camera; speed camera; closed-circuit TV police surveillance |
| 法警 | fǎ jǐng | bailiff |
| 警力 | jǐng lì | police force; police officers |
| 出警 | chū jǐng | to dispatch police to the scene of crime, accident etc |
| 特警 | tè jǐng | SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics); riot police; abbr. for 特種警察|特种警察[te4 zhong3 jing3 cha2… |
| 警车 | jǐng chē | police car |