Kanji
啓
N1
11 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1403
disclose, open, say
On'yomi (音読み)
ケイ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
ひら.く、 さと.す
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
啓発
けいはつ
enlightenment; development
啓蒙
けいもう
enlightenment; illumination
拝啓
はいけい
Dear (so and so); Dear Sir
啓示
けいじ
(divine) revelation
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)
略啓
りゃくけい
dispensing with the preliminaries ...
啓蒙専制君主
けいもうせんせいくんしゅ
enlightened despot
啓蒙絶対君主
けいもうぜったいくんしゅ
enlightened absolutist
啓蒙的
けいもうてき
enlightening
啓示宗教
けいじしゅうきょう
revealed religion
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
蒙を啓く
もうをひらく
to enlighten
自己啓発セミナー
じこけいはつセミナー
self-enlightenment seminar (oft. cult-like); motivational seminar
Example sentences
絵本（えほん）は子供（こども）たちの頭（あたま）を啓発（けいはつ）する。
Picture books will cultivate the minds of children.