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儆

jǐng

Character

What 儆 means

1. to warn
2. to admonish

Words starting with 儆

• 儆戒jǐng jièto warn; to admonish

Words containing 儆

• 以儆效尤yǐ jǐng xiào yóu(idiom) to warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others
• 杀鸡儆猴shā jī jǐng hóu(lit.) to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom)…
• 惩一儆百chéng yī jǐng bǎilit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom); fig. to make an example of sb
• 杀一儆百shā yī jǐng bǎilit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others…

Characters built on 敬

These share the phonetic component 敬 (jìng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 警jǐngto alert; to warn; police
• 擎qíngto raise; to hold up; to lift up
• 檠qínginstrument for straightening bows

Characters that look like 儆

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 微wēitiny; miniature; slightly
• 撤chèto remove; to take away
• 澈chèclear (water); thorough
• 漱shùto rinse one's mouth with water; to gargle
• 觐jìn(history) to have an audience with the Emperor
• 锹qiāoshovel; spade

Sounds the same

Read jǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 警to alert; to warn; police
• 景(bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation
• 井a well; neat; orderly
• 颈neck
• 阱pitfall; trap
• 憬awaken
• 璟luster of gem
• 肼hydrazine
• 刭cut the throat
• 璥(gem)
• 暻bright
• 坓variant of 阱