The kanji 敬: meaning, readings and stroke order
敬
- Meaning
- respect
- On reading
- ケイ kei
- Kun reading
- うやま(う) uyamau
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 攴 rap
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- kính trọng (kính)
- Japanese
- うやまう。
- Korean
- 공경하다, 존경하다 (경)
- Chinese
- 尊敬
Readings, words and example sentences
ケイ kei · on reading
敬語
polite words, honorific speech
目上の 人には 敬語を 使います。
We use polite words with older people.
うやま(う) uyamau · kun reading
敬う
to respect, to look up to
お年よりを 敬います。
We respect older people.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.