儆

儆 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人廿口大 (OTRK), four-corner 2824₀, composition ⿰亻敬)

• 警

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 119, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1187
• Dae Jaweon: page 252, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 217, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5106

Historical forms of the character 儆
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Bronze inscriptions b12285 b12286 Small seal script s05726 Transcribed ancient scripts L17800 L17801
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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.

儆

1. to warn; to admonish
2. ^† to take precautions
3. ^† emergency

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from gjaengH?”)

儆

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) to be careful; to be cautious; to restrain

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. warn
2. warning

• On (unclassified): けい (kei); しょう (shō)
• Kun: いましめる (imashimeru)

儆 (eum 경 (gyeong))

1. to guard
2. to warn
3. outpost

儆: Hán Nôm readings: cảnh

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