慶: Jubilation; Congratulate; RejoiceKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ケイ)

• 弁慶べんけいstrong person; person putting on a brave front
• 国慶節こっけいせつanniversary of founding (of PRC); national celebration time
• 慶事けいじhappy event; auspicious event
• 慶弔けいちょうcongratulations and condolences
• 慶祝けいしゅくcongratulation
• 早慶戦そうけいせんWaseda-Keio (baseball) game
• ネット弁慶ネットべんけいkeyboard warrior; Internet tough guy
• 余慶よけいfortunate heredity; blessings
• 内弁慶うちべんけいsomeone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad
• 同慶どうけいmatter for mutual congratulation
• 嘉慶かけいKakei era (of the Northern Court) (1387.8.23-1389.2.9); Kakyō era
• 国慶こっけいNational day (of China)
• 大慶たいけいgreat joy
• 岩弁慶いわべんけいroseroot (Rhodiola rosea)
• 弁慶の泣き所べんけいのなきどころAchilles heel; one's weak point
• 弁慶の立ち往生べんけいのたちおうじょうsituation in which one can move neither forward nor backward; Benkei's last stand
• 弁慶格子べんけいごうしchecked pattern; plaid
• 弁慶縞べんけいじまchecks; plaid
• 弁慶草べんけいそうorpine (any plant of family Crassulaceae, esp. the garden stonecrop, Hylotelephium erythrostictum)
• 弁慶蟹べんけいがにSesarmops intermedium (species of grapsoid crab)
• 御慶ぎょけい(New Year's) greetings
• 慶兆けいちょうsign of happiness; good omen
• 慶安けいあんagency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator
• 慶庵けいあんagency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period); mediator
• 慶応けいおうKeiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
• 慶春けいしゅんHappy New Year
• 慶福けいふくhappy event; happiness
• 慶賀けいがcongratulation
• 慶賀使けいがしRyukyuan mission to Edo upon the change of the shogun
• 慶長けいちょうKeichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
• 慶長の役けいちょうのえきsecond Japanese invasion of Korea (1597); Keichō campaign (1597-98)
• 慶雲けいうんauspicious cloud
• 文禄慶長の役ぶんろくけいちょうのえきImjin War (1592-1597); Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea
• 早慶そうけいWaseda-Keio
• 春慶塗りしゅんけいぬりShunkei lacquerware; lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen
• 積善の家には必ず余慶ありせきぜんのいえにはかならずよけいありa virtuous family enjoys long prosperity; one's good deeds shall be repaid even to one's descendants
• 積善の家には必ず余慶有りせきぜんのいえにはかならずよけいありa virtuous family enjoys long prosperity; one's good deeds shall be repaid even to one's descendants
• 紫弁慶草むらさきべんけいそうorpine (Hylotelephium telephium)
• 落慶らっけいcelebration of the completion of a temple or shrine's construction
• 賀慶がけいcongratulation
• 辨慶べんけいstrong person; person putting on a brave front
• 重慶じゅうけいChongqing (China)
• 重慶政府じゅうけいせいふChongqing government; Kuomintang government based in Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War
• 陰弁慶かげべんけいlion at home but weakling elsewhere

Words that use a kun'yomi

• お慶び申しあげるおよろこびもうしあげるto express pleasure (on receiving news, etc.); to be glad to hear (something)
• お慶び申し上げるおよろこびもうしあげるto express pleasure (on receiving news, etc.); to be glad to hear (something)
• 慶びよろこびjoy; delight
• 慶び事よろこびごとauspicious event; celebration
• 慶ぶよろこぶto be delighted; to be glad

Other readings

• 元慶がんぎょうGangyō era (877.4.16-885.2.21); Genkei era
• 天慶てんぎょうTengyō era (938.5.22-947.4.22); Tenkei era
• 延慶えんぎょうEngyō era (1308.10.9-1311.4.28); Enkei era
• 弁慶の立往生べんけいのたちおうじょうsituation in which one can move neither forward nor backward; Benkei's last stand
• 弁慶草科ベンケイソウかCrassulaceae (plant family)
• 慶尚北道キョンサンプクトGyeongsangbuk-do (South Korea); North Gyeongsang Province
• 慶尚南道キョンサンナムドGyeongsangnam-do (South Korea); South Gyeongsang Province
• 慶良間鹿けらまじかKerama deer; Ryukyu sika (Cervus nippon keramae)
• 春慶塗しゅんけいぬりShunkei lacquerware; lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen
• 正慶しょうきょうShōkyō era (of the Northern Court) (1332.4.28-1333.5.?); Shōkei era

Kanji that often appear with 慶

• 弁
• 余
• 草
• 春
• 賀
• 長
• 国
• 事
• 早
• 申
• 立
• 往