Hanja Analyzer
慶

慶 — gyeong, gang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
경사 경, 복 강
Romanization
gyeong, gang
English
congratulate, celebrate
Mandarin
qìng
Japanese on'yomi
ケイ, キョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
よろこ.び
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,300 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Radical
心 (61, 11 residual)
Unicode
U+6176

How 慶 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 慶 as a ideographic compound involving 廌, 心.

Korean example words with 慶

  • 방경邦慶 Korean gloss: 나라의 경사
  • 경년慶年 Korean gloss: 경사스러운 해
  • 경연慶宴 Korean gloss: 경사스러운 잔치
  • 희경喜慶 Korean gloss: 매우 기쁜 경사
  • 경행慶幸 Korean gloss: 경사스럽고 다행한 일
  • 경축慶祝 Korean gloss: 경사스러운 일을 축하함
  • 경복慶福 Korean gloss: 경사스럽고 복됨. 또는 그런 일
  • 앙경殃慶 Korean gloss: 재앙과 경사를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 경절慶節 Korean gloss: 온 국민이 기념하는 경사스러운 날
  • 여경餘慶 Korean gloss: 남에게 좋은 일을 많이 한 보답으로 뒷날 그 자손이 받는 경사
  • 경수慶壽 Korean gloss: 생일 잔치. 특히 예순 살ㆍ일흔 살ㆍ여든 살의 생일 잔치를 이른다
  • 경사스럽다慶事 Korean gloss: 경사로 여겨 기뻐하고 즐거워할 만하다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 慶

  • 弁慶べんけい strong person; person putting on a brave front; bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.)
  • 早慶戦そうけいせん match between Waseda University and Keio University (esp. baseball)
  • 慶祝けいしゅく congratulation; celebration
  • 慶事けいじ happy event; auspicious event; matter for congratulation
  • 慶弔けいちょう congratulations and condolences
  • 国慶節こっけいせつ anniversary of founding (of PRC); national celebration time
  • 慶賀けいが celebration; congratulation
  • 同慶どうけい matter for mutual congratulation
  • 余慶よけい fortunate heredity; blessings; the rewards of virtue
  • 慶兆けいちょう sign of happiness; good omen
  • 慶福けいふく happy event; happiness
  • 御慶ぎょけい (New Year's) greetings

Other hanja read “경”

Other hanja with radical 心

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