啓

Meaning

啓 centers on making something accessible that was previously closed or hidden: opening up, disclosing information, or speaking out to reveal or enlighten.

• 啓発けいはつ

  enlightenment; development; edification; public awareness; illumination; education; inspiration

• 啓蒙けいもう
  N1

  enlightenment; illumination

• 啓示けいじ

  (divine) revelation

• 拝啓はいけい
  N1

  Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern

• 天啓てんけい

  (divine) revelation; divine oracle

• 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; I'm writing to tell you

• 中啓ちゅうけい

  ceremonial folding fan

• 啓くひらく

  to enlighten; to edify

• 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)

• 啓学けいがく

  Keigaku (publisher)

• 啓示宗教けいじしゅうきょう

  revealed religion

• 啓蒙主義けいもうしゅぎ

  illuminism; enlightenment

• 啓蒙専制君主けいもうせんせいくんしゅ

  enlightened despot

• 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; the Enlightenment

• 啓蒙書けいもうしょ

  book for novices; general introduction to a subject

• 啓蒙活動けいもうかつどう

  information campaign; awareness program

• 啓蒙的けいもうてき

  enlightening

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