to warn / to admonish

儆 character breakdown

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
to respect / to venerate / to salute / to offer

= + : Joan of Arc has been drinking too carelessly in the engine's bathroom, and the next day's headache feels like a sledgehammer working its way into her skull. She really shouldn't have been toasting to herself so many times.
(bound form) respectful; to respect / to offer politely

Characters with 儆 as component

儆 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 儆

lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres
in order to warn against following bad examples (idiom) / as a warning to others
(idiom) to warn against following bad examples; as a warning to others
to warn / to admonish
lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / fig. to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres
lit. punish one to warn one hundred (idiom) / fig. to make an example of sb
lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom) / fig. to make an example of sb

Sentences with 儆

儆 currently does not appear in any sentence.