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皇

JLPT N1 SL6 9 strokes Frequency: #721

Meanings

Emperor

Radicals

白

Decomposition

⿱白王

Etymology

Ideographic: A crown 白 on the head of the emperor 王

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 dot right-to-left

2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 horizontal left-to-right

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

オウ ou

コウ kou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

142 words total

Other (20 words)

旧皇族きゅうこうぞく

Old Imperial Family

大正天皇たいしょうてんのう

Emperor Taishō (1879-1926, reigned 1912-1926)

昭和天皇しょうわてんのう

Emperor Shōwa (1901-1989, reigned 1926-1989)

Emperor of Japan

retired emperor

retired empress

patrilineal imperial succession (Japan)

上皇后じょうこうごう

retired empress

象徴天皇しょうちょうてんのう

the emperor as a symbol of Japan

天皇弥栄すめらぎいやさか

prosperity to the emperor

皇運こううん

destiny of the emperor

太上法皇だいじょうほうおう

cloistered emperor

皇国史観こうこくしかん

emperor-centered historiography (of Japan)

皇基こうき

foundation of imperial rule

皇祖考こうそこう

deceased grandfather of the emperor

Papocaesarism

Papocaesarism

Caesaropapism

Caesaropapism

new emperor

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