敬 – awe, respect, honor

12 strokesTaught in grade 6#1078 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 敬 means awe, respect, honor, revere. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケイ、キョウ (kei, kyou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うやま.う (uyamau). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 攴 (no. 66).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケイ	kei
On’yomi	キョウ	kyou
Kun’yomi	うやま.う	uyamau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 攴 (Kangxi radical 66). Components: 口・勹・攵・艾・乞.

Words using 敬

敬意けいいrespect尊敬そんけいrespect敬ううやまうto show respect for敬語けいごhonorific敬具けいぐyours sincerely

Example sentences

親に対して敬意を表さなければいけない。

You should be respectful to your parents.

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あなたはだれからも尊敬されている。

You're respected by everybody.

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日本語には敬語があります。

The Japanese language has honorific expressions.

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Kanji with the same radical

政改数教放整敗攻故散救敏敵敷敢

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