You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Kangxi Strokes: 20 Page 1183, Entry 05 Pronounced jing. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To warn. Yupian: To command. Zuo Zhuan (Zuo Zhuan), 12th year of Duke Xuan: Even if the feudal lords meet, the military guards are not removed, which is a state of alert. Sub-commentary: The utmost degree of caution. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Office of Heaven, Lesser Steward: At the beginning of the year, use the laws to warn the various officials, ordering them to cultivate their duties within the palace. Annotation: Words of command and caution. Also, it means to awaken. Book of Rites (Liji), Hereditary Princes of King Wen: When the Son of Heaven observes the school, he beats the drums at early dawn, which is how he alerts the crowd. Sub-commentary: To stir and alert the crowd, causing them to rise early. Also, from Guangyun: To wake up. Also, from Guangya: Jingjing, to be uneasy. Also, a song title. Book of Tang (Tangshu), Treatise on Ceremonial Guards: There are nine songs for the drums and blowers, the third of which is the alert drum. Also commonly written as jing (to warn). Gujin Zhu: The alert and the stop are for warning travelers. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Prince Xiao of Liang: When departing, shout the alert; upon entering, command the stop. Shigu Annotation: The alert is to command discipline; the stop is to halt pedestrians. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Office of Summer, Zheng Annotation: Written as jing (to warn) and bi (to stop). Also the name of a prefecture. Book of Tang (Tangshu), Treatise on Geography: Jing Prefecture, originally Dingyuan City. Also commonly written as jing (to startle). Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Zhurong was startled and cleared the path for the imperial carriage. Book of Han (Hanshu) uses the character jing (alert). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Originally written as jing (alert). The character jing (alert) is written with the radical for to strike (pu).