Kanji1 / 9
皇 kanji
emperor
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
コウオウ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 皇
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —上皇陛下retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
- —皇国史観emperor-centered historiography (of Japan)
- —教皇の座Holy See; See of Rome
- —名誉教皇pope emeritus
- —教皇選挙papal election
- —皇帝陛下His Imperial Majesty; Your Imperial Majesty
- —皇室会議Imperial Household Council
- —皇太子殿下His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince; His Royal Highness the Crown Prince
- —倉皇としてin great haste; hurriedly; in a hurry
- —ローマ教皇Pope
- —春季皇霊祭imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the vernal equinox
- —秋季皇霊祭imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the autumnal equinox
- —皇民化政策imperialisation policy (esp. on Korea during Japan's colonial rule) (imperialization); policy of imperialisation
- —皇朝十二銭twelve coinages minted in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods
- —皇位継承者heir to the throne; successor to the throne
- —上皇后陛下retired empress; ex-empress; former empress; empress emerita
- —皇室経済法Imperial Household Finance Act
- —皇宮護衛官Imperial Palace guard
- —皇典講究所Research Institute for the Japanese Classics (1882-1946)
- —皇學館大学Kogakkan University