Why do you tap me so carelessly, do you have no respect? The dwarf jingles a bell, angrily, to show that he requires a lot of respect.

Ching is composed of the obsolete radical 攴 p'u to tap, and an obsolete character which looks like 苟 kou but is really distinct. It means reverent; hence, the respectful attention which is due from a Prince to the representations of his Ministers and to the wishes of his subjects.