Hanja Analyzer
敬

敬 — gyeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
공경 경
Romanization
gyeong
English
respect, honor; respectfully
Mandarin
jìng
Japanese on'yomi
ケイ, キョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
うやま.う
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#1,078 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
攴 (66, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+656C

Parts that make up 敬

  • 苟 진실로/구차할 구
  • 攵 variant of 攴 손에 든 막대기치고 때려 시키는 일. 오른쪽에서 攵 으로 쓴다

How 敬 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 敬 as a ideographic compound involving 茍, 攴.

Korean example words with 敬

  • 경의敬意 Korean gloss: 존경하는 뜻
  • 지경祗敬 Korean gloss: 매우 공경함
  • 경로敬老 Korean gloss: 노인을 공경함
  • 경사敬事 Korean gloss: 공경하여 섬김
  • 경신敬信 Korean gloss: 공경하며 믿음
  • 숭경崇敬 Korean gloss: 높여 존경하고 사모함
  • 경어敬語 Korean gloss: 상대를 공경하는 뜻의 말
  • 효경孝敬 Korean gloss: 부모를 잘 섬기고 공경함
  • 불경不敬 Korean gloss: 경의를 표해야 할 자리에서 무례함
  • 경례敬禮 Korean gloss: 공경의 뜻을 나타내기 위하여 인사하는 일
  • 경대하다敬待 Korean gloss: 공경하여 대접하다
  • 경앙하다敬仰 Korean gloss: 공경하여 우러러보다

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

Japanese words with 敬

  • 敬称けいしょう honorific title; honorific term of address
  • 敬意けいい respect; honour; honor
  • 尊敬そんけい respect; esteem; reverence
  • 敬遠けいえん pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; giving a wide berth
  • 敬老けいろう respect for the aged
  • 敬語けいご honorific; term of respect; polite expression
  • 敬愛けいあい respect and affection; love and respect
  • 畏敬いけい reverence; awe; respect
  • 敬礼けいれい salute; bow
  • 敬服けいふく great admiration; deep respect
  • 失敬しっけい rudeness; impoliteness; disrespect
  • 敬ううやまう to show respect for; to revere; to honour

Other hanja read “경”

Other hanja with radical 攴

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