Moto 皇: EmperorKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- コウ、オウ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 136 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (コウ・オウ)
- 皇太子こうたいしcrown prince
- 皇后こうごう(Japanese) empress; queen
- 皇室こうしつImperial household
- 皇居こうきょImperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence
- 皇民党こうみんとうImperialist Party
- 皇帝こうていemperor
- 皇族こうぞくimperial family; royalty
- 皇太后こうたいごうQueen Mother; Empress Dowager
- 皇太子妃こうたいしひcrown princess
- 皇位こういimperial throne
- 皇女こうじょimperial princess
- 皇子おうじimperial prince
- 皇宮警察こうぐうけいさつthe Imperial Guards
- 皇軍こうぐん(Japanese) Imperial Army
- ローマ教皇ローマきょうこうPope
- ローマ教皇庁ローマきょうこうちょうRoman Curia; Curia Romana
- 三皇五帝さんこうごていThree Sovereigns and Five Emperors (mythological rulers of ancient China)
- 三皇后さんこうごうGrand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort
- 上皇じょうこうretired emperor; ex-emperor
- 上皇后じょうこうごうretired empress; ex-empress
- 上皇后陛下じょうこうごうへいかretired empress; ex-empress
- 上皇陛下じょうこうへいかretired emperor; ex-emperor
- 倉皇そうこうhurry; bustle
- 倉皇としてそうこうとしてin great haste
- 太皇太后たいこうたいごうGrand Empress Dowager
- 女教皇おんなきょうこうHigh Priestess (Tarot card); Popess
- 女皇じょこうempress; queen
- 対立教皇たいりつきょうこうantipope
- 小皇帝しょうこうていlittle emperor; spoilt only child (in China)
- 教皇きょうこうPope
- 教皇の座きょうこうのざHoly See; See of Rome
Other readings
- 天皇てんのうEmperor of Japan
- 天皇陛下てんのうへいかHis Majesty the Emperor
- 天皇制てんのうせいthe Emperor System
- 天皇誕生日てんのうたんじょうびEmperor's Birthday (national holiday; February 23)
- 人皇にんのうemperor
- 今上天皇きんじょうてんのうHis Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor
- 先皇せんのうthe previous emperor
- 勤皇きんのうloyalty to the emperor; loyalism
- 勤皇家きんのうかloyalist
- 勤皇攘夷きんのうじょういloyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners
- 大正天皇たいしょうてんのうEmperor Taishō (1879-1926, reigned 1912-1926); Emperor Yoshihito
- 天照皇大神あまてらすおおみかみSun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
- 天皇人間宣言てんのうにんげんせんげんImperial Declaration of Humanity (renunciation of imperial claim to divinity; January 1, 1946)
- 天皇家てんのうけthe Imperial Family
- 天皇崇拝てんのうすうはいemperor worship
- 天皇弥栄すめらぎいやさかprosperity to the emperor; message welcoming a new imperial era
- 天皇彌榮すめらぎいやさかprosperity to the emperor; message welcoming a new imperial era
- 天皇旗てんのうきImperial Standard
- 天皇杯てんのうはいEmperor's trophy
- 天皇機関説てんのうきかんせつtheory of the Emperor as an organ of government
- 天皇賜杯てんのうしはいEmperor's Cup; trophy given to tournament winners
- 天皇陵てんのうりょうtomb of Japanese emperor; Japanese imperial burial site
- 太上天皇だいじょうてんのうabdicated emperor
- 太上法皇だいじょうほうおうcloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
- 女性天皇じょせいてんのうfemale emperor (of Japan)
- 女系天皇じょけいてんのうmatrilineal emperor of Japan; emperor (either male or female) whose mother is (was) a member of the Imperial family but whose father is (was) not
- 尊皇そんのうreverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule
- 尊皇攘夷そんのうじょういrevere the Emperor; expel the western barbarians (19th century slogan)
- 尊皇王そんのうreverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule
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