Kanji 啓 Words: Meanings and Readings

啓もう

けいもう

enlightenment

拝啓

はいけい

Dear (so and so)

啓示

けいじ

(divine) revelation

啓発

けいはつ

enlightenment

啓蟄

けいちつ

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

一筆啓上

いっぴつけいじょう

this will just be a short note

還啓

かんけい

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

急啓

きゅうけい

Dear Sir or Madam

謹啓

きんけい

Dear Sir or Madam

啓く

ひらく

to enlighten

啓学

けいがく

Keigaku (publisher)

啓示宗教

けいじしゅうきょう

revealed religion

啓上

けいじょう

speaking respectfully

啓典

けいてん

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

啓蒙運動

けいもううんどう

enlightenment movement

啓蒙活動

けいもうかつどう

information campaign

啓蒙思想

けいもうしそう

the philosophy of the European Enlightenment

啓蒙思潮

けいもうしちょう

enlightenment movement

啓蒙主義

けいもうしゅぎ

illuminism

啓蒙書

けいもうしょ

book for novices

啓蒙絶対君主

けいもうぜったいくんしゅ

enlightened absolutist

啓蒙専制君主

けいもうせんせいくんしゅ

enlightened despot

啓蒙的

けいもうてき

enlightening

啓迪

けいてき

edification

敬啓

けいけい

salutation at the end of a formal letter

行啓

ぎょうけい

attendance (of the Empress)

自己啓発

じこけいはつ

self-development

自己啓発本

じこけいはつぼん

self-improvement book

粛啓

しゅくけい

Dear (name)

中啓

ちゅうけい

ceremonial folding fan

追啓

ついけい

postscript

天啓

てんけい

(divine) revelation

普及啓発

ふきゅうけいはつ

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

復啓

ふくけい

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

蒙を啓く

もうをひらく

to enlighten

略啓

りゃくけい

dispensing with the preliminaries ...