Given name & surname · Chinese · Japanese
敬
“kneeling person or sitting dog”·“hand holding a stick, authority”
敬 is a surname. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.
Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Takashi.
Meaning & origin
What it means
敬 is possibly built from elements meaning “kneeling person or sitting dog” and “hand holding a stick, authority”.
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敬’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 敬 can be written in the Roman alphabet as TAKASHI.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named 敬
- Hara TakashiPrime Minister of Japan from 1918 to 19211856–1921
- Jeongjong of Joseon2nd King of Joseon Dynasty (1357 - 1419)
- Hong KyungSouth Korean actorborn 1996
- Jin KyungSouth Korean actressborn 1972
- Li Jinggymnastborn 1970
- Feng JingChinese gymnastborn 1985
- Ai Jingsinger, guitaristborn 1969
- Lou JingChinese soldier, advisor, and noble under the early Western Han (fl. 200 BC)
- Takashi NagaoJapanese politicianborn 1962
Characters named 敬: Jiang Jing (the Chinese novel ''Water Margin'').
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