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警 = 敬 + 言

警 is a Japanese kanji written with 19 strokes, listed here under the keyword “admonish”. It is built from 敬 (awe) and 言 (say). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 358.

Keyword
admonish
RTK frame
358
Strokes
19
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ケイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いまし.める
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
предостерегать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
警 guard

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 敬 awe
  2. 言 say

How to find 警 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “awe” + “say”. 警 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 警 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.