# 儆

| 儆 | U+5106, &#20742; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5106 |
| ← 儅 [U+5105] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 儇 → [U+5107] |

## Translingual
### Han character

儆 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人廿口大 (OTRK), four-corner 2824$_0$, composition ⿰亻敬)

#### Related characters

* 警

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 119, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1187
* Dae Jaweon: page 252, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 217, character 13
* Unihan data for U+5106

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 儆
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
* Bronze inscriptionsb12285b12286Small seal scripts05726Transcribed ancient scriptsL17800L17801
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 蟼 | *kraː, *kreŋ, *kreŋʔ |
| 憼 | *kaŋʔ, *kreŋʔ |
| 驚 | *kreŋ |
| 警 | *kreŋʔ |
| 儆 | *kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋs |
| 璥 | *keŋʔ |
| 檠 | *kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋ, *ɡreŋs |
| 敬 | *kreŋs |
| 擎 | *ɡreŋ |
| 曔 | *ɡreŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋs): semantic 人 + phonetic 敬 (OC *kreŋs).

### Etymology 1

Same word as 警 (OC *kreŋʔ, “to warn; to be on guard”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jǐng (jing$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ging$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kéng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jǐng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jǐng
*** Wade–Giles: ching$^3$
*** Yale: jǐng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiing
*** Palladius: цзин (czin)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ging$^2$
*** Yale: gíng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ging$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ging$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɪŋ³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
*** Tâi-lô: kíng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: keang
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: kjaengX, gjaengH
Rime :
| Character | 儆 | 儆 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 庚 (111) | 庚 (111) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 居影切 | 渠敬切 |
| Baxter | kjaengX | gjaengH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠiæŋ$^X$/ | /ɡˠiæŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚiaŋ$^X$/ | /ɡᵚiaŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiaŋ$^X$/ | /ɡiaŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kiajŋ$^X$/ | /giajŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kiɐŋ$^X$/ | /ɡiɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭɐŋ$^X$/ | /ɡĭɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ki̯ɐŋ$^X$/ | /gi̯ɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jǐng | jìng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ging$^2$ | ging$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreŋʔ/, /*ɡreŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 儆 | 儆 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 6880 | 6888 |
| Phonetic component | 敬 | 敬 |
| Rime group | 耕 | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 警 | 競 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreŋʔ/ | /*ɡreŋs/ |

#### Definitions

儆
* to warn; to admonish
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to take precautions
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) emergency

#### Compounds

* 以儆效尤 (yǐjǐngxiàoyóu)
* 儆惕
* 儆戒
* 懲一儆眾 / 惩一儆众
* 殺一儆百 / 杀一儆百 (shāyījǐngbǎi)
* 殺雞儆猴 / 杀鸡儆猴 (shājījǐnghóu)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from gjaengH?”)

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): geng$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khiang
    (Meixian, Guangdong): kiang$^4$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: geng$^6$
*** Yale: gehng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: geng$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: géng$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɛːŋ²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiang
*** Hakka Romanization System: kiang
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kiang$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: kiang$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰiaŋ⁵³/

#### Definitions

儆
* (Cantonese, Hakka) to be careful; to be cautious; to restrain

#### Compounds

* 儆嘴
* 儆惜
* 儆手儆腳 / 儆手儆脚

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* warn
* warning

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): けい (kei)、しょう (shō)
* Kun: いましめる (imashimeru)

## Korean
### Hanja

儆 (eum 경 (gyeong))
* to guard
* to warn
* outpost

## Vietnamese
### Han character

儆: Hán Nôm readings: cảnh
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