儆

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 儆. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 儆, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 儆 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 儆 you have here. The definition of the word 儆 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of儆, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: 警
儆 U+5106, 儆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5106
← 儅
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 儇 →

Translingual

Han character

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

References

  • 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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儆
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
b12285
b12286
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).
Characters in the same phonetic series (敬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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 / 形声, OC *kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋs) : semantic 人 + phonetic 敬 (OC *kreŋs).

Etymology 1

trad. 儆
simp. # 儆

Same word as 警 (OC *kreŋʔ, “to warn; to be on guard”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 儆 儆
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 庚 (111) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 居影切 渠敬切
Baxter kjaengX gjaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠiæŋX/ /ɡˠiæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚiaŋX/ /ɡᵚiaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiaŋX/ /ɡiaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kiajŋX/ /giajŋH/
Li
Rong 		/kiɐŋX/ /ɡiɐŋH/
Wang
Li 		/kĭɐŋX/ /ɡĭɐŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ki̯ɐŋX/ /gi̯ɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jǐng jìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ging2 ging6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 儆 儆
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6880 6888
Phonetic
component 		敬 敬
Rime
group 		耕 耕
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		警 競
Old
Chinese 		/*kreŋʔ/ /*ɡreŋs/

Definitions

儆

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

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 儆
simp. # 儆
alternative forms 擏
敬
儉／俭 Hakka

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

Pronunciation

Definitions

儆

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

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

儆

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. warn
  2. warning

Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

儆 (eum 경 (gyeong))

  1. to guard
  2. to warn
  3. outpost

Vietnamese

Han character

儆: Hán Nôm readings: cảnh

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia