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Kanji 敬

12 strokes

Meaning

awe, respect, honor, revere

On'yomi
ケイキョウ
Kun'yomi
うやまう
Strokes
12
JLPT
N2
School grade
Grade 6
Kanken
5級
Frequency
#1078 / 2500

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12

Words with 敬

  • 敬意

    けいい

    respect, honor

    N3
  • 尊敬

    そんけい

    respect, reverence, honor

    N3
  • 敬う

    うやまう

    to show respect, to honor

    N2
  • 敬語

    けいご

    honorific language (lit., respect language)

    N2
  • 敬具

    けいぐ

    Sincerely (used at the end of letter)

    N1

Example sentences

  • みんながヘンリーを尊敬そんけいしている。

    Everybody looks up to Henry.

  • 敬語けいごというのは日本語にほんごの一番いちばん難むずかしいところだと思おもいます。

    I think honorific language is the hardest part of Japanese.

  • 両親りょうしんは私わたしに老人ろうじんを敬うやまうように言いった。

    My parents told me that we should respect the elderly.

Look-alike kanji

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