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Kanji Detail for 慶 - "to celebrate, joy, to congratulate"
慶
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Meaning
慶 means "to celebrate, joy, to congratulate."
Celebrate - To observe a happy occasion.
Joy - Great happiness.
Congratulate - To express pleasure at success.
Fortune - Good luck; happiness.
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Origin of 慶
A deer's hide 鹿 carried with a heart 心 and slow feet 夊: bringing a fine gift, gladly, on foot. Celebration as the joy of arriving with something good.
How to remember it: Walking 夊 up with a deer-hide gift and a glad heart 心 — a happy occasion, celebrated.
Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com
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- Verified meaning: to celebrate, joy, to congratulate
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read いわい, きよん, けい, けいじ)
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 慶
Given names 慶(けい)
慶(ちか)
慶(みち)
慶(めぐみ)
慶(よし)
Surnames 慶(いわい)
慶(きよん)
慶(けいじ)
慶(けいとく)
慶(ゆわい)
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Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
jubilation; congratulate; rejoice; be happy
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
congratulate, celebrate
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to celebrate
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to congratulate, to celebrate
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To congratulate. Colloquially, celebrating a birthday is 稱慶. | To reward. (Mencius) "Rewarded with land." | Good fortune. Also read like 羌. Ancient rhymes often rhyme with Level tone.
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Related Keywords
More kanji with the radical 心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)
- 心 heart, mind, core
- 必 certain, must
- 忙 busy
- 忌 to detest, to avoid, death anniversary
- 忍 endure, persevere, stealth
- 志 aspiration, will
- 忘 to forget, to neglect
- 応 to respond, to comply
- 快 pleasant, cheerful
- 忠 loyalty, devotion, sincere
- 念 thought, desire
- 忽 suddenly, to neglect
- 怖 fearful, frightened
- 怜 clever
- 性 nature, gender, disposition
- 怪 strange, monster, to suspect
- 怒 to be angry
- 思 to think, to love
- 怠 neglect, lazy, slack
- 急 urgent, sudden, fast
- 怨 grudge, resentment, regret
- 恆 constant
- 恒 constant, always
- 恋 to yearn, love
- 恐 to fear, frightening
- 恕 forgiveness, compassion