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敬

jìng

respect

Phonosemantic compound. 茍 represents the sound and 攵 represents the meaning.

Components
茍 sound,meaning component

茍  Sound Meaning component

jì, jí

  

to be circumspect

攵 meaning component

攵  Meaning component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Evolution

敬 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
敬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
敬 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
敬 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

敬  

jìng

respect, honor; respectfully; to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer

Most common words with 敬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

尊敬

to respect

敬

to respect

致敬

to greet

敬请

please (do sth) (deferential form)

敬意

respect

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (2 verified)

驚 警 擎 儆 檠

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kreŋ(ʔ)-s

kjaengH

jìng

respectful


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 32.5004% of movies

1114th most common character in movies

1209th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+656C

Shuowen

“敬，肅也。从攴、茍。”


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