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Chinese symbol for “warning”

预警
yù jǐng
Traditional: 預警
warning; early warning

The closest CC-CEDICT match for warning is 预警 (yù jǐng), defined as: warning; early warning.

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

预 yù
to prepare, to arrange; in advance
radical 181 ⾴ · 10 strokes
警 jǐng
to guard, to watch; alarm, alert
radical 149 ⾔ · 19 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “warning”

WordPinyinMeaning
警报 (警報)jǐng bào(fire) alarm; alert signal
警示jǐng shìto warn; to alert
鉴戒 (鑒戒)jiàn jièlesson from events of the past; warning

Related words

Other words that share a character with 预警.

WordPinyinMeaning
预算 (預算)yù suànbudget
预测 (預測)yù cèto forecast; to predict
预计 (預計)yù jìto forecast; to predict
预期 (預期)yù qīto expect; to anticipate
预防 (預防)yù fángto prevent; to take precautions against
干预 (干預)gān yùto meddle; to intervene
警察jǐng chápolice; police officer
警方jǐng fāngpolice

See also: Japanese symbol for “warning”.

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.

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