けい

See also: げい and Appendix:Variations of "kei"

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of けい – see the following entries.

【兄】2 [noun] (rare) an elder brother [pronoun] pronoun referencing an older brother figure: you, he [suffix] attaches to a name referencing an older brother figure: Mister, Mr.

【刑】S [noun] punishment [suffix] punishment; sentence; penalty

【圭】J [proper noun] a unisex given name

【形】2 [suffix] (linguistics) grammatical tense [suffix] (Japanese grammar) a conjugation form of a verb

【恵】S [proper noun] a unisex given name

【啓】S [proper noun] a male given name [noun] disclose, open, say

【京】2 [number] 10,000,000,000,000,000, 1016, (US) ten quadrillion, (UK) ten thousand billion

【珪】H [affix] (historical) jade tablet conferred upon princes as a symbol of authority [affix] silicon

【系】6 [suffix] type, kind, system, family

【計】2 [noun] plan [noun] total [suffix] -meter (measuring device) [prefix] a total of..., in total

【蛍】S [affix] used in various compounds to refer to fluorescence [proper noun] a female given name

【慧】J [proper noun] a male given name Alternative spellings さとし, とし

【軽】3 [prefix] light [noun] abbreviation of 軽自動車 (keijidōsha, “kei car, light automobile”)

(This term, けい (kei), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as けい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as けい.