| 766 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 856 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 846 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1247 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2055 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 857 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 591 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1691 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 705 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 718 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 478 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 943 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2136 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1117 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1517 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 340 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13285P | Morohashi |
| 1701 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2351 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 334 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 356 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 943 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1078 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 敬 【ケイ】 reverence, respect
- 敬意 【ケイイ】 respect, honour, honor
- 失敬 【シッケイ】 rudeness, impoliteness, disrespect, impertinence, leaving, going (on one's way), saying goodbye, taking without permission, stealing, pinching, pilfering, my apologies, I must be going now, so long
- 愛敬 【アイギョウ】 love and respect
- ご愛嬌 【ゴアイキョウ】 entertainment, amusement, fun
- 男は度胸女は愛敬 【オトコハドキョウオンナハアイキョウ】 men should be brave, women should be affable
Kun reading compounds
- 敬う 【うやまう】 to show respect for, to revere, to honour, to honor, to worship, to hold in esteem
Readings
- Japanese names:
- け、 たか、 たかし、 たけ、 とし、 のり、 ひろ、 ゆき、 よし
- Korean:
- gyeong
Spanish
- respeto
- honor
- mostrar respeto
- respetar
Portuguese
- temor
- respeito
- honra
- reverencia
French
- respect
- déférence
- honorer
- révérer
| 1966 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4i8.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 4864.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 656c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
301 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 語 【ゴ】 word, term, language, speech
- 語学 【ゴガク】 study of foreign languages, linguistics
- 標語 【ヒョウゴ】 motto, slogan, catchword
- 造語 【ゾウゴ】 coinage, invention of a new word, coined word
Kun reading compounds
- 語る 【かたる】 to talk about, to speak of, to tell, to narrate, to recite, to chant, to indicate, to show
- 語るに落ちる 【かたるにおちる】 to let slip a secret, to let the cat out of the bag
- 語らう 【かたらう】 to talk, to tell, to recite, to pledge, to conspire with
Readings
- Korean:
- eo
Spanish
- palabra
- discurso
- lenguaje
- hablar
- conversar
- narrar
Portuguese
- palavra
- discurso
- língua
French
- langage
- mot
- raconter
| 209 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 124 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 112 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 274 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4374 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 231 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 87 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2136 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 67 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 67 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 154 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1685 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1944 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1040 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1402 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 353 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35533 | Morohashi |
| 1543 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5628 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 347 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 371 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 211 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 231 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3077 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a7.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-7 | SKIP code |
| 0166.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a9e | Unicode hex code |