漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
敬: awe, respect
Also: honor, revere
JLPT N212 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
- 苟(form)
- 攵to strike(meaning)
攵 carries the meaning · 苟 is drawn in
12 strokes
Bronze · Spring and Autumn Today
Bronze: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ケイkei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 尊敬するそんけいするrespect (person)
- 敬愛するけいあいするrespect and love (person)
- 敬遠するけいえんするkeep at a distance
- 敬意けいいrespect, honor [n.]
- 敬語けいごhonorific word
- 敬具けいぐSincerely yours
- 敬称けいしょうtitle of honor
- 敬老の日けいろうのひRespect-for-the-Aged Day
- 失敬なしっけいなrude, impolite
うやまうuyamau · kun'yomi · on its own
- 敬ううやまうshow respect
Also read キョウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Whack! A hand with a stick is ready to take command.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jìng
Same form: 敬 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 敬 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 敬 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jìng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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