Chinese symbol for “cautionary”
警示
jǐng shì
to warn; to alert; warning; cautionary
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cautionary is 警示 (jǐng shì), defined as: to warn; to alert; warning; cautionary.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 警示.
| 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 |
| 表示 | biǎo shì | (of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show |
| 显示 (顯示) | xiǎn shì | to show; to illustrate |
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.