敬
respect; awe; honor; revere
12 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 1078.
Readings
- ケイ (on reading): 尊敬 (そんけい) respect; 敬語 (けいご) honorific
- うやまう (kun reading): 敬う (うやまう) to show respect for; 敬い (うやまい) reverence
- キョウ (on reading): 男は度胸女は愛敬 (おとこはどきょうおんなはあいきょう) men should be brave, women should be affable; 愛敬 (あいぎょう) love and respect
Components
- 苟
- 攵
- 乞 radical beg
- 勹 radical wrap
- 口 radical mouth
- ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
- 攵 radical strike, right-side form of 攴
Kanji containing 敬
Words using 敬
- 尊敬 (そんけい) respect
- 敬語 (けいご) honorific
- 敬意 (けいい) respect
- 崇敬 (すうけい) reverence
- 敬遠 (けいえん) pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant
- 敬う (うやまう) to show respect for
- 敬い (うやまい) reverence
- 神を敬う (かみをうやまう) to revere God
- 男は度胸女は愛敬 (おとこはどきょうおんなはあいきょう) men should be brave, women should be affable
- 愛敬 (あいぎょう) love and respect
- 愛敬ぼくろ (あいきょうぼくろ) beauty spot
- 愛敬毛 (あいきょうげ) straggling hair
- 愛敬の餅 (あいきょうのもちい) Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony
70 words in all.