Chinese symbol for “alertness”
警觉
jǐng jué
Traditional: 警覺
to be on guard; alert; vigilance; alertness
The closest CC-CEDICT match for alertness is 警觉 (jǐng jué), defined as: to be on guard; alert; vigilance; alertness.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “alertness”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 警觉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警察 | jǐng chá | police; police officer |
| 警方 | jǐng fāng | police |
| 警告 | jǐng gào | to warn; to admonish |
| 报警 (報警) | bào jǐng | to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police |
| 预警 (預警) | yù jǐng | warning; early warning |
| 警报 (警報) | jǐng bào | (fire) alarm; alert signal |
| 觉得 (覺得) | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc) |
| 感觉 (感覺) | gǎn jué | feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive |
See also: Japanese symbol for “alertness”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.