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to respect 敬
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| Explanation |
to venerate, to salute, to offer
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Used in these characters:
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警
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to alert, to warn, police
jǐng
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敬
讠
言
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Top: respect 敬 (When a plant 艹 speaks a sentence 句, it is a strike 攵 of respect), bottom: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口)
With respectful words: the police is warning.
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敬
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to respect, to venerate, to salute, to offer
jìng
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敬
艹
句
攴
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Left: thoughtless 苟 (Using plants 艹 for wrapping 勹 a present 口 is thoughtless.) cf: sentence 句, right: strike 攵/攴 [hand 又 with a stick 卜]
When a plant speaks a sentence 句 and has a stick in the hand, it is respected.
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擎
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to raise (hand)
qíng
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敬
手
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Top: respect 敬 (When a plant 艹 speaks a sentence 句 [wrap 勹, mouth 口], it is hit 攵 with respect.), bottom: hand 手
It is respectful, when hands are raised.
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