to respect / to venerate / to salute / to offer

= + : Joan of Arc has been drinking too carelessly in the engine's bathroom, and the next day's headache feels like a sledgehammer working its way into her skull. She really shouldn't have been toasting to herself so many times.
(bound form) respectful; to respect / to offer politely

敬 character breakdown

variant of 攴[pu1]

= 𠂉 + : Mnemonic symbol: the epitome of rapping and tapping is a sledge hammer. Petra pinguin (pu) forgot her key (𠂉) and know she's locked out of the space station (Ø1). At first she tries to open the lock with pliers (乂), but in the end she has no choice but to use the sledge hammer (攵).
surname Gou
if / supposing / careless / negligent / temporarily

= + : Inside the outhouse, the grammar Nazi is temporarily careless and steps on Guy Fawkes latest piece of art, a sheet of artificial lawn. Guy Fawkes is so upset about the grammar Nazi's carelessness that Guy Fawkes throws her out.

Characters with 敬 as component

to startle / to be frightened / to be scared / alarm

= + : Somebody set off engine's alarm in the middle of the night and Joan of Arc arrives in a rush to scare away any intruder with a flail. She was in such a rush and so tired though that she forgot to put on her pants and arrives in front of the engine just wearing ridiculous underpants which feature a pattern of berets, mandarins and daisies.
to alert / to warn / police

= + : Joan of Arc keeps on toasting to herself inside of the engine and she got so drunk that someone called the police. The police warns her with a megaphone that she's going to be arrested if she doesn't stop, but Joan of Arc just toasts them and drinks the next shot.
to raise (hand)

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is using a baseball glove (手) to raise her hand (擎) and toast (敬) to herself in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2).
to warn / to admonish
(gem)
instrument for straightening bows

Words with 敬

please (do sth) (deferential form)
honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages)
to present respectfully / with (sb's) compliments / complimentary
to offer one's congratulations (formal)
term of respect / honorific title / honorific (in grammar)
to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit / fig. to hesitate to do sth until forced to do even more
to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom) / fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure
term of esteem / honorific (in Chinese grammar) / polite form of pronoun (in European grammar)
please excuse me for not complying / to politely decline
to revere people of virtue and honor scholarship (idiom)

Sentences with 敬

敬 currently does not appear in any sentence.