警 – admonish, commandment

19 strokesTaught in grade 6#366 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 警 means admonish, commandment. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケイ (kei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いまし.める (imashimeru). It is written with 19 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケイ	kei
Kun’yomi	いまし.める	imashimeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: 言・口・勹・夂・艾・攵・乞.

Words using 警

警官けいかんpolice officer警察けいさつpolice警告けいこくwarning警備けいびdefense警戒けいかいvigilance警部けいぶpolice inspector

Example sentences

２０人の警官が現場に現れた。

Twenty police have arrived on the scene.

Tatoeba #235580

その場合には警察を呼びなさい。

In that case, call the police.

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彼は私の警告に全く注意を払わなかった。

He paid no attention to my warning.

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Kanji with the same radical

議言調話設記認論計談語証説護訪試

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