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Kanji Detail for 畏 - "awe, respect, fear"

畏

  • Meaning

    畏 means "awe, respect, fear."

    1. Awe - Reverence mixed with fear.

    2. Respect - Deep admiration; veneration.

    3. Fear - To be afraid; to revere.

    4. Majestic - Inspiring awe; grand.

  • Words using 畏

    • 畏まりました かしこまりました Listen certainly!; very well; with pleasure

  • Four-character idioms with 畏

    • 後生可畏 こうせいかい Listen the young should be regarded with respect
    • 畏怖嫌厭 いふけんえん Listen feelings of dread and aversion

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    • Verified meaning: awe, respect, fear
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    fear; majestic; graciously; be apprehensive

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    fear, dread, awe, reverence

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to fear

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    fear, dread, awe, reverence

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

    To fear. When a matter has not yet appeared, imagining it to be frightful is called 懼 (dread). When a matter has appeared and one acknowledges it to be frightful is called 畏. | To submit. (Mencius) "What my late father feared." | Having a cautious heart is called 畏. (Analects) "The Master was put in fear in Kuang."

  • Onyomi

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    i(イ) イ

  • Kunyomi

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    kashiko(かしこ) かしこ

    kashiko.shi(かしこ-し) かしこ-し

    kashikoma.ru(かしこ-まる) かしこ-まる

    oso.reru(おそ-れる) おそ-れる

  • Strokes

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    9 strokes

  • Radical

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    田 (ta・tahen)

  • Related Keywords

    awe respect fear cautious majestic wise admiration afraid apprehension deference dread esteem fright homage honor noble reverence terror veneration

Sentences including 畏

  • As you wish.

  • His soldiers feared and respected him.

  • Such an accurate, lightning-quick reply. What can I say?

  • They watched the solemn ceremony in the church with awe.

  • We were awed into silence when we heard the story.

  • With deep and reverent awe I replaced the candelabrum in its former position.

  • Benjamin called the sense of awe and reverence experienced before a great work of art "aura".

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