jǐng

warn

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

is a component form of .

敬 sound component

  Sound component

jìng

  

respect

Evolution

儆 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
儆 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
儆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
儆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jǐng

warn; warning; to warn; to admonish

Most common words with 儆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to warn

杀一儆百

pour encourager les autres

以儆效尤

as a warning to others

杀鸡儆猴

pour encourager les autres

儆戒

to warn