Keyword
to warn
- warning
- Frequency
- #4254
- Strokes
- 14
Readings
jǐng
Mnemonic
亻 (person) gives the meaning and 敬 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
杀鸡儆猴
(lit.) to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); (fig.) to punish an individual as an example to others
儆
to warn; to admonish
杀一儆百
lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others; pour encourager les autres
以儆效尤
(idiom) to warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others
儆戒
to warn; to admonish