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景

scenery
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingケイ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. sceneryRtK
  2. view

Popular Usage

景色景気光景

Radicals and components

Radical日sun
Components
How it's built
景
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sun (日) · day (日) · capital · tall · top hat (亠) · mouth (口) · small (小) · little (小)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 336

Compound words

景色けしき
scenery; scene; landscape
景気けいき
business conditions; the market; economic activity; economic climate; good (economic) times
光景こうけい
scene; spectacle; sight; view
景観けいかん
scenery
景勝けいしょう
picturesque scenery; place of scenic beauty; advantageous position; strategic location
景品けいひん
gift; premium; freebie; giveaway; something additional
情景じょうけい
spectacle; sight; scene
背景はいけい
background; scenery; backdrop; setting; background (of an incident, situation, etc.)
風景ふうけい
scenery; scene; landscape; view; sight
夜景やけい
night view; night skyline; nightscape
不景気ふけいき
economic slump; hard times; depression; recession; poor (business)
好景気こうけいき
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
遠景えんけい
vista
佳景かけい
beautiful view
景況けいきょう
situation
叙景じょけい
scenery
小景しょうけい
(a bit of) fine scenery
百景ひゃっけい
100 famous views
盆景ぼんけい
miniature garden
俄景気にわかげいき
temporary boom
淑景舎しげいしゃ
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
俄か景気にわかげいき
temporary boom
軍需景気ぐんじゅけいき
war prosperity
泡沫景気ほうまつけいき
bubble boom

On Reading Examples

引っ越してきたばかりだから、まだ部屋が殺風景なんだよ。さっぷうけい
I just moved in so my room is still quite bland.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は息を凝らしてその光景を見つめていた。
He was watching the scene with breathless interest.tatoeba
彼は前回の好景気の間に財産を株取り引きのあてた。
He amassed a fortune in stock trading during the last boom.tatoeba
彼は口を開けたまま、その光景を立って見ていた。
He stood gazing at the sight with his mouth open.tatoeba
彼は経済的背景がしっかりしている。
His economical backing is secure.tatoeba
貫入によって渋色が染み、景色をかもす。
Depending on the extent of the crazing, the color brings out marks and the keshiki.wiki
肩から底部にかけて茶褐色の釉が流れて景色をつくっている。
The flow of dark reddish-brown glaze on the shoulder to the bottom creates the unique appearance.wiki
次八畳敷、庭子之景気也。
The room after the next was an eight-mat Japanese room with the scene of baby falcons in a bird cage in the gardenwiki
昭和末期から続いたバブル景気が崩壊した。
The bubble economy having continued from around the end of the Showa period collapsed.wiki

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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