巡警 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

xúnjǐng

patrol officer

xún patrol

To walk 辶 by the river 巛; 巛 also provides the pronunciation

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

巛 Sound Meaning component

chuān, shùn river

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	zwin	[sə.l]u[n]	perambulate
Zhengzhang		sɢljun
Unicode	zuin

說文解字

延行皃。从辵川聲。

Sources

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

jǐng warn

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

Components

敬 Sound component

jìng respect

言 Meaning component

yán speech

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjaengX	kreŋʔ	warn, admonish

說文解字

戒也。从言从敬，敬亦聲。

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)