Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
disclose, open, say
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1403 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 啓発 【ケイハツ】 enlightenment, development, edification, public awareness, illumination, education, inspiration
  • 啓蒙 【ケイモウ】 enlightenment, illumination
  • 拝啓 【ハイケイ】 Dear (so and so), Dear Sir, Dear Madam, To Whom It May Concern
  • 敬啓 【ケイケイ】 salutation at the end of a formal letter

Kun reading compounds

  • 啓く 【ひらく】 to enlighten, to edify

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 さとし、 はじめ、 ひろ、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi3
Korean:
gye

Spanish

  • abrir
  • aclarar
  • revelar
  • decir

Portuguese

  • revelar
  • abrir
  • dizer

French

  • révéler
  • ouvrir
  • dire
1197 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1452 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
940 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1205 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1138 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1491 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1398 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1487 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1690 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
293 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3434 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1769 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2408 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1094 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3820X Morohashi
2763 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
828 New Nelson (John Haig)
1085 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1166 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1415 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3077 2001 Kanji
3d8.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-3 SKIP code
3860.4 Four corner code
1-23-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5553 Unicode hex code

8 strokes (also 7)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 啓迪 【ケイテキ】 edification, enlightenment, guide
  • 訓迪 【クンテキ】 guide, master, teacher

Readings

Japanese names:
すすむ、 すすみ、 いたる、 ゆう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di2
Korean:
jeog

Spanish

  • camino
  • senda
  • caminar

Portuguese

French

1001 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2247 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3817 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1955 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2649 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
38795X Morohashi
3076 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6026 New Nelson (John Haig)
2412 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2492 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2q5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
3530.6 Four corner code
1-77-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8fea Unicode hex code