敬 (Kanji for respect)

Onyomi

KEI	It's OK to respect my ass.

The director wrote some verses about flowers that are pretty terrible, but you gotta respect it anyway, because he's the director.

尊敬語(そんけいご)

formal Japanese ★★★☆☆ F
尊敬 (respect) + 語 (language) = 尊敬語 (formal Japanese)

the formal Japanese you use when you are addressing your superiors.

尊敬(そんけい) する

respect ★★★☆☆
尊 (esteem) + 敬 (respect) = 尊敬 (respect)

to look up to or respect someone. (BOOBOO: it's not ok to tell someone directly, 'I 尊敬 you very much!' - you'd say it about a third party)

	Meaning	Hint	Radical
敷	lay out / site	TNT
敬	respect	FLOWER	花

Blow up the site with TNT, but I give you a FLOWER to show that I respect you.