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Chinese symbol for “constable”

警官
jǐng guān
constable; police officer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for constable is 警官 (jǐng guān), defined as: constable; police officer.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

警 jǐng
to guard, to watch; alarm, alert
radical 149 ⾔ · 19 strokes
官 guān
official, public servant
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 警官.

WordPinyinMeaning
警察jǐng chápolice; police officer
警方jǐng fāngpolice
警告jǐng gàoto warn; to admonish
报警 (報警)bào jǐngto sound an alarm; to report sth to the police
预警 (預警)yù jǐngwarning; early warning
警报 (警報)jǐng bào(fire) alarm; alert signal
官方guān fānggovernment; official (approved or issued by an authority)
官员 (官員)guān yuánofficial (in an organization or government); administrator

See also: Japanese symbol for “constable”.

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.