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敬

Respect
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingケイ、キョウ
Kun readingうやま.う

Verbs with «敬»

尊敬する敬遠する敬う

Meanings

  1. respect
    彼は父を尊敬している。He respects his father.tatoeba
    闕字よりもさらに敬意を表した書式。An honorific format showing more respect than using ketsuji.wiki
  2. aweRtK
  3. honor
  4. revere
  1. to show respect for
  2. to revere
  3. to honour
  4. to honor
  5. to worship

Popular Usage

敬意敬う敬語敬具

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flowers (艹) · phrase · bound up (乙) · mouth (口) · taskmaster

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 356

Compound words

男は度胸、女は愛敬。あいきょう
Man is judged by his courage, woman by her charm.tatoeba
子どもが父親を尊敬の眼差しで見上げている。そんけい
The child looks up to his father with worship in his eyes.tatoeba
彼が礼儀正しいので、私たちは尊敬している。そんけい
We look up to him because of his politeness.tatoeba
彼は非常に尊敬されていた、しかるに彼の息子は非常に軽蔑されていた。
He was greatly respected, while his son was as much despised.tatoeba
彼は非常に正直だったので、誰からも尊敬されていた。
His honesty was such that he was respected by everybody.tatoeba
彼は彼らの指導者として尊敬されている。
He is looked up to as their leader.tatoeba
闕字・平出よりもさらに敬意を高めた表現。
An expression showing higher respect than when using ketsuji or hyoshutsu.wiki
他の身分の者に敬語以外の言葉を使うことの禁止。
Prohibited to use languages except honorific language to people with other social status.wiki
その他、主な死の尊敬語としては逝去などがある。
Another main honorific language of death is 逝去.wiki

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

憧れや尊敬のまなざしを浴びる
あこがれやそんけいのまなざしをあびるTo receive admiring gazes.
イギリスのサフラジェットたちの英雄的な勇気とたくましさには敬意を表する。
いぎりすのさふらじぇっとたちのえいゆうてきなゆうきとたくましさにはけいいをひょうする。I respect the heroic courage and strength of the British suffragettes.
どんな相手でも敬意を持って戦うだけ
どんなあいてでもけいいをもってたたかうだけShow respect to any opponent, that's all.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Respect. 苟 (bow down) + 攵 — bowing respectfully. 尊敬 respect, 敬語 honorifics.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 敬

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step