Kanji1 / 12
敬 kanji
awe, respect, honor, revere
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ケイキョウ
Kun readings
うやまう
Words with 敬
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —敬白yours sincerely; sincerely yours; yours truly
- —敬神piety; reverence
- —敬虔pious; devout
- —敬すto respect
- —敬啓salutation at the end of a formal letter
- —敬呈salutation in a formal letter
- —敬畏awe; reverence; fear (e.g. of authority)
- —尊敬語honorific language
- —不敬罪lese majesty; lèse-majesté
- —不敬虔impiety; irreverence
- —最敬礼a respectful bow
- —敬老会meeting to show respect for the aged
- —敬するto respect
- —大不敬great impropriety (esp. towards the imperial family); crime against the imperial family (or a shrine dedicated to them, etc.)
- —敬称略titles omitted; (names listed) without honorifics
- —尊敬心respect
- —敬譲語humble and honorific expressions; polite speech; honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
- —敬老金cash gift from local government to the elderly (often on 77th and 88th birthdays)
- —敬老の日Respect for the Aged Day (national holiday; third Monday in September)
- —表敬訪問courtesy call; courtesy visit