Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

925 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: favor, blessing, grace, kindness

Kunyomi: めぐ.む めぐ.み

Onyomi: ケイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: heart

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ケイウ welcome rain

ケイソン message appended to a note accompanying a gift, requesting the recipient to keep the gift at hand

ゴケイ reciprocity, mutual benefit

ジケイ mercy and love

wisdom, enlightenment, prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path), wisdom

比寿 エビス Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce

悪知 ワルヂエ craft, cunning, guile, serpentine wisdom

付け知 ツケヂエ hint, suggestion

Kunyomi Examples

めぐむ to bless, to show mercy to, to give (money, etc.)

めぐみ blessing, grace

みの雨 めぐみのあめ welcome rain, merciful rain, blessed rain, rain after a long dry period

天の てんのめぐみ God's gift, God's blessing, grace of God, godsend