景

音読おんよみ: ケイ

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 12 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 日（ひらび）

Meaning

Scenery, view, brightness — Often used in compound words to describe landscapes, perspectives, or figurative outlooks.

  • 風景ふうけい — landscape, scenery
  • 景色けしき — view, scene
  • 夜景やけい — night view
  • 光景こうけい — spectacle, sight
  • 景気けいき — economy, business conditions

The kanji 景 combines the 日 (sun/light) radical with the phonetic component 京 (けい), forming a meaning connected to brightness or things seen clearly in sunlight — extending metaphorically to “scenery,” “view,” or even “prospects.”

この景色けしきは とても美うつくしいです。
This view is very beautiful.

夜景やけいが 有名ゆうめいな場所ばしょです。
This place is famous for its night view.

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