This logogram is of ideographic origin and it was designed to evoke:

Words 讠 of warning 戒; 戒 also provides the pronunciation

  • to warn, to admonish; warning jiè
    • words, speech; to speak, to say yán
    • to warn, to admonish; to swear off, to avoid jiè
      • two hands gǒng
      • spear, lance, halberd
        • to catch, to arrest; to shoot with a bow
        • 丿 slash piě

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