respectful

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

各 sound component

  Sound component

  

each

Evolution

恪 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
恪 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
恪 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
恪 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

respectful, reverent; respectful; scrupulous

 

surname Ke

() 

variant of [kè]

Most common words with 恪
Freq.
Word
Meaning

恪守

to scrupulously abide by

respectful

恪遵

to scrupulously observe (rules, traditions etc)