啓
啓 — Disclose
disclose, open, say
On’yomiケイ (kei)
Kun’yomiひらく (hiraku)
Kun’yomiさとす (satosu)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 啓
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 啓発 | けいはつ keihatsu | enlightenment; development; edification |
| 啓蒙 | けいもう keimou | enlightenment; illumination |
| 拝啓 | はいけい haikei | Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam |
| 啓示 | けいじ keiji | (divine) revelation |
| 啓蟄 | けいちつ keichitsu | "awakening of insects" solar term (approx. March 6, the day on which hibernating insects are said to come out of the ground) |
Study notes
啓 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1403 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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