儆
jǐng

warn

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 敬 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

敬
敬 Sound component
jìng respect

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkreŋʔ
ɡreŋs

說文解字

戒也。从人敬聲。《春秋傳》曰：“儆宮。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)