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    3. 啓

    啓

    啓ひら.く

    disclose

    N1KMT9Freq #1403Core ConceptsKanji11 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    ひら.くさと.す

    On'yomi

    ケイ

    Nanori

    あきあきらさとしはじめひろよし

    discloseopensay

    口

    戸
    攵
    丿
    口

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    售喝商唾啝唇善哲唇問

    Concepts using this kanji

    啓発

    enlightenment

    啓蒙

    enlightenment

    中啓

    ceremonial folding fan

    啓学

    Keigaku (publisher)

    啓上

    speaking respectfully

    行啓

    attendance (of the Empress)

    自己啓発本

    self-improvement book

    一筆啓上

    this will just be a short note

    天啓

    (divine) revelation

    急啓

    Dear Sir or Madam

    追啓

    postscript

    自己啓発

    self-development

    普及啓発

    public awareness (e.g. publicity and education campaigns aimed at improving the health, environment, etc.)

    啓示宗教

    revealed religion

    復啓

    Dear Sir or Madam, in reply to your letter ...

    啓示

    (divine) revelation

    略啓

    dispensing with the preliminaries ...

    啓典

    Islamic holy books (the Pentateuch, the Book of Psalms, the Gospels and the Koran)

    還啓

    return to the palace (usu. of the empress, crown prince, etc.)

    敬啓

    salutation at the end of a formal letter

    啓蒙活動

    information campaign

    啓く

    to enlighten

    啓蒙運動

    enlightenment movement

    啓蒙主義

    illuminism

    啓蒙専制君主

    enlightened despot

    啓蒙思想

    the philosophy of the European Enlightenment

    拝啓

    Dear (so and so)

    啓蒙的

    enlightening

    啓蒙絶対君主

    enlightened absolutist

    啓蒙書

    book for novices

    粛啓

    Dear (name)

    啓蒙思潮

    enlightenment movement

    謹啓

    Dear Sir or Madam

    啓迪

    edification

    蒙を啓く

    to enlighten

    啓蟄

    "awakening of insects" solar term (approx. March 6, the day on which hibernating insects are said to come out of the ground)

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    • 謹啓
    • 啓く
    • 啓示
    • 啓発
    • 啓蒙
    • 啓蟄
    • 天啓
    • 拝啓
    • 啓上
    • 啓迪
    • 行啓
    • 啓蒙思想
    • 啓蒙思潮
    • 啓蒙運動
    • 中啓
    • 啓蒙書
    • 一筆啓上
    • 自己啓発
    • 啓蒙活動
    • 普及啓発
    • 啓蒙主義
    • 粛啓
    • 啓蒙専制君主
    • 啓蒙絶対君主
    • 蒙を啓く
    • 啓蒙的
    • 啓示宗教
    • 還啓
    • 敬啓
    • 急啓
    • 復啓
    • 追啓
    • 略啓
    • 啓典
    • 自己啓発本
    • 啓学

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