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Kanji Detail for 景 - "scenery, light, situation"

景

  • Meaning

    景 means "scenery, light, situation."

    1. Scenery - A view; a landscape.

    2. Light - Brightness; sunshine.

    3. Situation - A circumstance; a condition.

  • Words using 景

    • 景気 けいき Listen business conditions; the market; economic activity
    • 背景 はいけい Listen background; scenery; backdrop
    • 風景 ふうけい Listen scenery; scene; landscape
    • 光景 こうけい Listen scene; spectacle; sight
    • 景観 けいかん Listen scenery
    • 景品 けいひん Listen gift; premium; freebie
    • 不景気 ふけいき Listen economic slump; hard times; depression
    • 景色 けしき Listen scenery; scene; landscape

  • Four-character idioms with 景

    • 心象風景 しんしょうふうけい Listen imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye

  • Tattoo check: 景

    • Verified meaning: scenery, light, situation
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, かげ, かげさき, ぎよん)

    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.

  • Name readings of 景

    Given names 景(あきら)Listen 景(けい)Listen 景(けいてい)Listen 景(けしき)Listen 景(ひかり)Listen 景(ひろ)Listen 景(みよし)Listen

    Surnames 景(かげ)Listen 景(かげさき)Listen 景(ぎよん)Listen 景(けいじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    scenery; view

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    scenery, view; conditions

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Jing

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    scenery, view; conditions, circumstances

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    An interesting arrangement of forms and colors is called 景. Such as 風景 (scenery), 景物 (sights). | Situation. Now also refers to one's circumstances as 光景. | To admire. To look up to someone is called 景仰. | Great. From "Book of Odes": 以介景福 (to grant great blessings).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kei(ケイ) ケイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

  • Related Keywords

    scenery light situation admire grand souvenir view landscape panorama outlook sight backdrop perspective brilliance radiance

Sentences including 景

  • I saw some very beautiful scenes.

  • What a marvelous sight !

  • I'd like a room with a good view , please.

  • The night view of tokyo is wonderful.

  • He was amazed at the sight.

  • The scene before me was very beautiful.

  • We were surprised at the sight.

  • What a fine view !

  • She was surprised at the sight.

  • She was very surprised at the sight.

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