# 警 the fuzz

敬 (respect) + 言 (say)
★★★★☆
19 strokes
BETA
Seriously? Yeah. That's what they used to call cops back in the hippy days.

## Onyomi

KEI |

## Mnemonic

| You must respect what the fuzz says.It's OK to lie to the fuzz though.

## Jukugo

警察(けいさつ) | police ★★★★★ NP 警 (the fuzz) + 察 (police) = 警察 (police)
警察署(けいさつしょ) | police station ★★☆☆☆ 警察 (police) + 署 (government office) = 警察署 (police station)
警告(けいこく) | admonition ★★☆☆☆ 警 (the fuzz) + 告 (inform) = 警告 (admonition) a warning or admonition. Not like "Be careful!" but more like "You better not!" Usually applies to signs like "no tresspassing!"
警視庁(けいしちょう) | metro police ★☆☆☆☆ 警 (the fuzz) + 視 (peer at) + 庁 (metropolitan government) = 警視庁 (metro police) regular uniformed city cops (as opposed to local cops or specialized cops like 刑事　(けいじ, meaning detectives), FBI, etc.)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
警 | the fuzz | SAY | 言
驚 | astonish | HORSE | 馬

The police SAY things to astonish a HORSE.

Things like, "Dick Cheney is on Youtube fucking Dee Snyder!"

And then the horse is like, "Deeeeeeeeeeeyammnn!!"

## Synonyms

admonish　/warning 注意 責める 警告 忠告 助言 警戒 諭す 告げる 窘める
guard 警備 監視 見張り