Chinese symbol for “vigilant”
戒慎
jiè shèn
vigilant; cautious
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vigilant is 戒慎 (jiè shèn), defined as: vigilant; cautious.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “vigilant”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 戒慎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警戒 | jǐng jiè | to warn; to alert |
| 戒指 | jiè zhi | (finger) ring |
| 戒严 (戒嚴) | jiè yán | to impose martial law; to impose emergency measures |
| 戒烟 (戒煙) | jiè yān | to give up smoking |
| 戒备 (戒備) | jiè bèi | to take precautions; to guard against (emergency) |
| 惩戒 (懲戒) | chéng jiè | to discipline; reprimand |
| 谨慎 (謹慎) | jǐn shèn | cautious; prudent |
| 慎重 | shèn zhòng | cautious; careful |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vigilant”.
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.