경찰
gyeongchal · TOPIK 1
police
🚓 警察 = warn (警) + inspect (察): those who warn and inspect
Hanja 警 (gyeong) means warn or guard, as in 경고 (warning); 察 (chal) means examine, as in 관찰 (observation). Same characters as Chinese jǐngchá and Japanese keisatsu, so the word carries over across all three.