儆

See also: 警

儆 U+5106, 儆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5106 ← 儅 [U+5105] CJK Unified Ideographs 儇 → [U+5107]

Translingual

Han character

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

Related characters

• 警

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
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).

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐng (jing³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kéng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐng
    • Wade–Giles: ching³
    • Yale: jǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiing
    • Palladius: цзин (czin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ging²
    • Yale: gíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
    • Tâi-lô: kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kjaengX, gjaengH

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/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɐŋX/	/gi̯ɐŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jǐng	jìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ging2	ging6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreŋʔ/, /*ɡreŋs/

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

• 以儆效尤 (yǐjǐngxiàoyóu)
• 儆惕
• 儆戒
• 懲一儆眾／惩一儆众
• 殺一儆百／杀一儆百 (shāyījǐngbǎi)
• 殺雞儆猴／杀鸡儆猴 (shājījǐnghóu)

 

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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geng⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khiang

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kiang⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: geng⁶
    • Yale: gehng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: geng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: géng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiang
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kiang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰiaŋ⁵³/

Definitions

儆

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

Compounds

• 儆嘴
• 儆惜
• 儆手儆腳／儆手儆脚

 

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

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