警

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to alert; to warn; police

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

言 meaning “speech” + 敬 sound ( jìng )

Components 敬言

police · Heisig RSH #347

敬 revere + words

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
警世通言	Jǐng shì Tōng yán	Stories to Caution the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍\|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng…
中国人民武装警察部队	Zhōng guó Rén mín Wǔ zhuāng Jǐng chá Bù duì	Chinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP, aka CAPF)
报警器	bào jǐng qì	alarm (e.g. burglar or fire alarm); warning device
警报器	jǐng bào qì	siren
片儿警	piàn r jǐng	local or neighborhood policeman
交通警卫	jiāo tōng jǐng wèi	road traffic policing
武警战士	wǔ jǐng zhàn shì	armed fighters; armed police; militia
杀一警百	shā yī jǐng bǎi	variant of 殺一儆百\|杀一儆百[sha1 yi1 jing3 bai3]
警区	jǐng qū	policeman's round; patrol; beat
海警	hǎi jǐng	coast guard
机警	jī jǐng	perceptive; astute; sharp; sharp-witted; vigilant; alert
女警员	nǚ jǐng yuán	a policewoman
警花	jǐng huā	attractive policewoman; young female cop
国民警卫队	Guó mín Jǐng wèi duì	National Guard (United States)
法警	fǎ jǐng	bailiff
电子警察	diàn zǐ jǐng chá	traffic camera; speed camera; closed-circuit TV police surveillance
警力	jǐng lì	police force; police officers
出警	chū jǐng	to dispatch police to the scene of crime, accident etc
特警	tè jǐng	SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics); riot police; abbr. for 特種警察\|特种警察[te4 zhong3 jing3 cha2…
警车	jǐng chē	police car

Characters sharing the sound component 敬 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
敬 sound part	jìng	to respect, to honor; respectfully
擎	qíng	to lift; to support, to hold up
儆	jǐng	to warn; warning
檠	qíng	lamp stand; bow frame