Medoru
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慶
JLPT N1 15 strokes Frequency: #1300

Meanings

Jubilation, Congratulate, Rejoice, Be Happy

Radicals

心

Decomposition

⿸⿸鹿心夂

Etymology

Ideographic: To go to 夂 a celebration 心 in a house 广

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 15

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left
2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
3 diagonal top-to-bottom
4 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
5 vertical right-to-left
6 vertical right-to-left
7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
8 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
9 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
10 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
11 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
12 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
13 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
14 corner top-right-to-bottom-left
15 diagonal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ケイ kei
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
よろこ yoroko

Words Using This Kanji

55 words total
Other (20 words)
慶雲 けいうん

auspicious cloud

元慶 がんぎょう

Gangyō era (877.4.16-885.2.21)

延慶 えんぎょう

Engyō era (1308.10.9-1311.4.28)

慶長 けいちょう

Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)

嘉慶 かけい

Kakei era (of the Northern Court; 1387.8.23-1389.2.9)

慶応 けいおう

Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)

正慶 しょうきょう

Shōkyō era (of the Northern Court) (1332.4.28-1333.5.?)

文禄・慶長の役 ぶんろくけいちょうのえき

Imjin War (1592-1597)

落慶 らっけい

celebration of the completion of a temple or shrine's construction

慶良間鹿 けらまじか

Kerama deer

早慶 そうけい

Waseda University and Keio University

紫弁慶草 むらさきべんけいそう

orpine (Hylotelephium telephium)

岩弁慶 いわべんけい

roseroot (Rhodiola rosea)

慶尚北道 キョンサンプクト

Gyeongsangbuk-do (South Korea)

慶尚南道 キョンサンナムド

Gyeongsangnam-do (South Korea)

春慶塗 しゅんけいぬり

Shunkei lacquerware

慶春 けいしゅん

Happy New Year

積善の家には必ず余慶あり せきぜんのいえにはかならずよけいあり

a virtuous family enjoys long prosperity

お慶び申し上げます およろこびもうしあげます

my sincere congratulations

弁慶の立ち往生 べんけいのたちおうじょう

situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward

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