Moto 啓: Disclose; Open; SayKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ケイ
- Kun'yomi
- ひら(く)、さと(す)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 35 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ケイ)
- 啓発けいはつenlightenment; development
- 啓示けいじ(divine) revelation
- 啓蒙けいもうenlightenment; instruction
- 啓蟄けいちつ"awakening of insects" solar term (approx. March 6, the day on which hibernating insects are said to come out of the ground)
- 拝啓はいけいDear (so and so); Dear Sir
- 中啓ちゅうけいceremonial folding fan
- 啓上けいじょうspeaking respectfully
- 啓典けいてんIslamic holy books (the Pentateuch, the Book of Psalms, the Gospels and the Koran)
- 啓示宗教けいじしゅうきょうrevealed religion
- 啓蒙主義けいもうしゅぎilluminism; enlightenment
- 啓蒙専制君主けいもうせんせいくんしゅenlightened despot
- 啓蒙思想けいもうしそうthe philosophy of the European Enlightenment
- 啓蒙思潮けいもうしちょうenlightenment movement; the Enlightenment
- 啓蒙書けいもうしょbook for novices; general introduction to a subject
- 啓蒙活動けいもうかつどうinformation campaign; awareness program
- 啓蒙的けいもうてきenlightening
- 啓蒙絶対君主けいもうぜったいくんしゅenlightened absolutist
- 啓蒙運動けいもううんどうenlightenment movement; the Enlightenment
- 啓迪けいてきedification; enlightenment
- 天啓てんけい(divine) revelation; divine oracle
- 復啓ふくけいDear Sir or Madam, in reply to your letter ...
- 急啓きゅうけいDear Sir or Madam
- 敬啓けいけいsalutation at the end of a formal letter
- 普及啓発ふきゅうけいはつpublic awareness (e.g. publicity and education campaigns aimed at improving the health, environment, etc.)
- 略啓りゃくけいdispensing with the preliminaries ...
- 粛啓しゅくけいDear (name)
- 自己啓発じこけいはつself-development; self-enlightenment
- 自己啓発本じこけいはつぼんself-improvement book
- 行啓ぎょうけいattendance (of the Empress)
- 謹啓きんけいDear Sir or Madam; Dear Sirs
- 追啓ついけいpostscript; P.S.
- 還啓かんけいreturn to the palace (usu. of the empress, crown prince, etc.)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 啓くひらくto enlighten; to edify
- 蒙を啓くもうをひらくto enlighten
Other readings
- 一筆啓上いっぴつけいじょうthis will just be a short note; I'm writing to tell you
Kanji that often appear with 啓
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