敬
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(bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 攴 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 敬
- Common rank
- #1,117
- Unicode
- U+656C
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
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How 敬 is formed
How to remember it
revere · Heisig RSH #344
flower + 句 sentence + taskmaster
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 敬
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 以利亚敬 | Eliakim (name, Hebrew: God will raise up); Eliakim, servant of the Lord in Isaiah 22:20; E… | |
| 敬鬼神而远之 | to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance | |
| 敬而远之 | to show respect from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance | |
| 敬业乐群 | diligent and sociable (idiom); meticulous in work and dealing cheerfully with one's collea… | |
| 敬老院 | senior citizens' home; old folks' home | |
| 敬若神明 | to hold sb in the same regard as one would a god (idiom) | |
| 不敬 | disrespect; irreverent; rude; insufficiently respectful (to a superior) | |
| 鲁子敬 | Lu Zijing or Lu Su 魯肅|鲁肃 (172-217), statesman, diplomat and strategist of Eastern Wu 東吳|东吴 | |
| 敬酒不吃吃罚酒 | lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom); fig. to turn down a r… | |
| 敬上 | yours truly; yours sincerely (at the end of a letter) | |
| 相敬如宾 | to treat each other as an honored guest (idiom); mutual respect between husband and wife | |
| 敬语 | honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages) | |
| 敬神 | to respect a deity; to pray to a God | |
| 敬老 | to respect the elderly | |
| 敬重 | to respect deeply; to revere; to esteem | |
| 可敬 | venerable | |
| 敬意 | respect; esteem; high regard | |
| 敬业 | dedicated to one's work | |
| 回敬 | to return a compliment; to give sth in return | |
| 起敬 | to feel respect |
Sound family
These characters use 敬 as their sound component — compare how they read.