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 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 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 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

to show disrespect; I'm awfully sorry – please forgive me
deserving / worthy of respect / estimable
Wu Jingzi (1701-1754), Qing dynasty novelist, author of The Scholars 儒林外史[Ru2 lin2 Wai4 shi3]
Emperor Jingzong of Tang (809-827), reign name of fourteenth Tang emperor 李湛[Li3 Zhan4], reigned 825-827
Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel 野叟曝言[Ye3 sou3 Pu4 yan2] Humble Words of a Rustic Elder
polite congratulations (i.e. on a greeting card)
disrespect / irreverent / rude / insufficiently respectful (to a superior)
Eliakim (name, Hebrew: God will raise up) / Eliakim, servant of the Lord in Isaiah 22:20 / Eliakim, son of Abiud and father of Azor in Matthew 1:13

Sentences with 敬

敬 currently does not appear in any sentence.