敬虔

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Chinese

to respect; to venerate; to salute
to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer
 
devout
trad. (敬虔)
simp. #(敬虔)
anagram 虔敬

Pronunciation


Adjective

敬虔

  1. devout; pious

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
けい
Grade: 6
けん
Hyōgai
kan'on
Alternative spelling
敬謙 (obsolete)

Pronunciation

Adjective

(けい)(けん) (keiken-na (adnominal (けい)(けん) (keiken na), adverbial (けい)(けん) (keiken ni))

  1. devout; pious

Inflection

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References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

敬虔 (gyeonggeon) (hangeul 경건)

  1. hanja form? of 경건