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皇 kanji
emperor
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
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Kun readings
NoneWords with 皇
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1皇居PopularImperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence
- —皇位Popularimperial throne
- —皇后Popularempress (consort)
- —皇室PopularImperial household
- —皇女Popularimperial princess
- —皇族Popularimperial family; royalty
- —皇帝Popularemperor
- —上皇Popularretired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
- —皇太后PopularEmpress Dowager; Queen Mother
- —皇太子Popularcrown prince
- —皇民党PopularImperialist Party
- —皇太子妃Popularcrown princess
- —教皇Pope
- —皇紀Imperial era; system of counting years from the start of Emperor Jimmu's reign in 660 BCE
- —皇道the benevolent Imperial rule; the Imperial Way
- —人皇emperor
- —先皇preceding emperor
- —倉皇hurriedly; in a hurry; in great haste
- —皇妃empress; queen
- —皇国Empire (of Japan); the (Japanese) Empire; Japan