儆 — Chinese character
儆
jǐng
to warn; warning
- Pinyin
- jǐng
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 亻 敬
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 敬
Common words with 儆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杀鸡儆猴 (殺雞儆猴) | shā jī jǐng hóu | (lit.) to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); (fig.) to punish an individual as an example to others |
| 杀一儆百 (殺一儆百) | shā yī jǐng bǎi | lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others; pour encourager les autres |
| 以儆效尤 | yǐ jǐng xiào yóu | (idiom) to warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others |
| 儆戒 | jǐng jiè | to warn; to admonish |
| 惩一儆百 (懲一儆百) | chéng yī jǐng bǎi | lit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom); fig. to make an example of sb |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.