Memory phrase for the character: 警

警

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Meaning

to alert, to warn, police

Pronunciation

jǐng

Explanation

 Top: respect 敬 (When a plant 艹 speaks a sentence 句, it is a strike 攵 of respect), bottom: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口)

Mnemonic
 
With respectful words: the police is warning.

Radicals

敬 to respectto venerate, to salute, to offer
讠 wordTraditionally written as 言, which shows sound waves out of a mouth.
言 speechSound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word. As radical typically simplified as: 讠.




 Vocabulary

警察 jǐng chá  police; policeman; policewoman
警惕 jǐng tì  to be on the alert; vigilant; alert; on guard; to warn
警戒 jǐng jiè  to warn; to be alert for
 

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