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儆

jǐng

Meanings

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jǐng
  1. 1.to warn
  2. 2.to admonish

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to warn; to admonish
  2. 2.to take precautions
  3. 3.emergency
  4. 4.to be careful; to be cautious; to restrain

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋs): semantic 人 + phonetic 敬 (OC *kreŋs). Same word as 警 (OC *kreŋʔ, “to warn; to be on guard”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

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Stroke order

Components

儆亻敬

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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Derived terms

以儆效尤儆惕儆戒懲一儆眾惩一儆众殺一儆百杀一儆百殺雞儆猴杀鸡儆猴儆嘴儆惜儆手儆腳儆手儆脚

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Related words

儆戒 to warn以儆效尤 (idiom) to warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others杀一儆百 lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others杀鸡儆猴 (lit.) to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom)惩一儆百 lit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom)