Kanji1 / 13
殿 kanji
Mr., hall, mansion, palace, temple, lord
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
デンテン
Kun readings
との-どの
Words with 殿
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —皇霊殿shrine of imperial ancestors
- —宝物殿(shrine) repository or treasure house; (shrine) sanctuary
- —沈殿物sediment; deposit; precipitate; sludge; lees
- —紫宸殿Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.)
- —大極殿Council Hall in the Imperial Palace
- —絵馬殿shrine building where votive picture tablets are hung
- —神楽殿kagura hall (at a shrine); sacred dance stage
- —武徳殿building on the greater palace grounds used by the emperor for viewing horse racing, horseback archery, etc.; martial arts practice hall at Heian Shrine (est. in 1895 by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, now defunct)
- —仁寿殿central pavilion (of Heian Palace)
- —弘徽殿ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
- —承香殿banquet and concert pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
- —麗景殿ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
- —登華殿ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
- —貞観殿pavilion housing the empress's reception hall (in the inner Heian Palace)
- —宣耀殿ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
- —常寧殿ladies' pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
- —清涼殿pavilion used as the emperor's habitual residence (in Heian Palace)
- —十七殿seventeen main pavilions of the imperial palace
- —後涼殿ladies' pavilion (of Heian Palace)
- —校書殿pavilion housing the historical archives (in Heian Palace)