Kanji

敬

Meaning

awe respect honor

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • うやまう

On'yomi

  • けい ぐ yours sincerely
  • けい い respect
  • けい えん pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant
  • あい きょう もの pleasant person
  • あい きょう げ straggling hair
  • あい きょう べに lipstick that actors put on their earlobes, cheeks and corners of eyes

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/12

Related Entries

敬 けい
reverence, respect

Component Analysis

敬
awe, respect, honor...
うやま.う, ケイ, キョウ
苟
any, at all, in the least
いやしく.も, コウ, ク
艹
( 艸 ) grass, radical number 140
句
phrase, clause, sentence...
ク
勹
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
つつ.む, ホウ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
攵
( 攴 ) strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク
𠂉
乂
mow, cut grass, subdue
おさ.める, か.る, ガイ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ

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