Kanji N2

敬: awe, respect, honor

敬 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning awe, respect, honor, written with 12 strokes. It is read ケイ, キョウ (on) and うやまう (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 敬意 (けいい, respect) and 尊敬 (そんけい, respect).

敬

Meanings

  • awe
  • respect
  • honor
  • revere
Strokes12
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#1078 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ケイ
  • キョウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • うやまう

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 敬

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 敬意けいい

    respect; honour; honor

    JLPT N3
  • 尊敬そんけい

    respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

    JLPT N3
  • 敬語けいご

    honorific; term of respect; polite expression

    JLPT N2
  • 敬ううやまう

    to show respect for; to revere; to honour

    JLPT N2
  • 敬具けいぐ

    yours sincerely; sincerely yours; yours truly

    JLPT N1
  • 敬称けいしょう

    honorific title; honorific term of address

  • 敬遠けいえん

    pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant

  • 敬老けいろう

    respect for the aged

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.