Chinese symbol for “police”
警察
jǐng chá
police; police officer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for police is 警察 (jǐng chá), defined as: police; police officer.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “police”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警方 | jǐng fāng | police |
| 干警 (幹警) | gàn jǐng | police; police cadres |
| 警 | jǐng | to alert; to warn |
| 波丽士 (波麗士) | bō lì shì | police (loanword) (Tw) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 警察.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 观察 (觀察) | guān chá | to observe; to watch; to survey |
| 考察 | kǎo chá | to inspect; to observe and study |
| 检察院 (檢察院) | jiǎn chá yuàn | prosecutor's office; procuratorate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “police”.
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.