敬 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「攵」
道5Elementary year 6 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「攵」
- On
- ケイけい · kei
- Kun
- うやま(う)uyama(u)
- Meaning
- to respect; revere
Stroke order
Origin
A form for holding oneself in check plus 攵 "action"; composing oneself before another — "to respect."
Readings and examples
| Onケイけいkei | 敬意けいい敬服けいふく尊敬そんけい |
|---|---|
| Kunうやまうuyamau | 敬ううやまう |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 尊敬そんけい
respect; esteem
- 敬語けいご
honorific language
- 敬慕けいぼ
- 畏敬いけい
- 敬虔けいけん
Example
父を尊敬している。
I respect my father.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)