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

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/

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	/kˠiæŋ^X/	/ɡˠiæŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiaŋ^X/	/ɡᵚiaŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kiaŋ^X/	/ɡiaŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiajŋ^X/	/giajŋ^H/
Li Rong	/kiɐŋ^X/	/ɡiɐŋ^H/
Wang Li	/kĭɐŋ^X/	/ɡĭɐŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ɐŋ^X/	/gi̯ɐŋ^H/
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

to warn; to admonish
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to take precautions
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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

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

(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)

warn
warning

Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

儆 (eum 경 (gyeong))

Vietnamese

Han character

儆: Hán Nôm readings: cảnh

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