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Kanji Detail for 警 - "warn, guard, alert"

警

  • Meaning

    警 means "warn, guard, alert."

    1. Warn - To caution; to alert.

    2. Guard - To protect; to watch over.

    3. Police - Law enforcement; security.

    4. Clever - Quick-witted; intelligent.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    admonish; commandment

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    guard, watch; alert, alarm

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to alert; to warn; police

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to guard, to watch; alarm, alert

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Using alarming words to startle people is called 警. Such as 警眾 (alert the masses), 警戒 (warn). Therefore reporting urgent news is also called 警. Such as 邊警 (border alarm), 烽警 (beacon warning). | To guard. In ancient times, when the emperor went in and out, stopping pedestrians was called 警蹕 (imperial guard). For extraordinary precautions. Today local security forces are called 警察 (police). Also abbreviated as 警. Such as 警章 (police badge), 警界 (police profession).
  • Onyomitip

    kei(けい) けい

    kyoh(きょう) きょう

  • Kunyomitip

    imashi.meru(いましめる) いましめる

  • Strokestip

    19 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords
    warn caution alert guard protect police security clever intelligent smart watchful vigilant admonish alarm notice patrol defense safeguard awaken startle

Sentences including 警

  • He was taken away by a policeman.

  • The police have traced her to paris.

  • Please tell me where the police station is.

  • The police held the crowd back.

  • Her father is a policeman.

  • The policeman observed the man open the door.

  • The thief ran away and the policeman ran after him.

  • You had better communicate with the police.

  • He ran at the sight of the policeman.

  • A policeman ran past.

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