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Respect Honour Honor 敬 Reverence Honorific Term Flowery

Kanji
Onyomi ケイ、キョウ
Kunyomi うやま.う
Nanori け, たか, たかし, たけ, とし, のり, ひろ, ゆき, よし
English awe, respect, honor, revere
Examples 敬意(けいい): respect; honour; honor
尊敬(そんけい): respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
敬語(けいご): honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
敬う(うやまう): to show respect; to honour; to honor
敬具(けいぐ): Yours sincerely; Yours truly; Sincerely yours
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 6
Frequency 1078
Components 苟: any; at all; in the least
攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
Number of Strokes 12
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 66
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword awe
Koohii Story 1 The flowery phrases of the schoolmaster held the students in awe.
Koohii Story 2 敬 【けい】 (n) reverence; respect. 敬語 【けいご】 (n) honorific; term of respect; (P) STORY: The TASKMASTER demands RESPECT. If you don´t talk to him in HONORIFICS and FLOWERY PHRASES you will be sorry.
RTK Index (new) 356

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade6, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_emotion.sense_emotion

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