皇 — emperor

すめらぎ皇 emperor

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes

U+7687 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #721 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #279 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

emperor

word

すめらぎ sumeragi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

皇(すめらぎ) sumeragi emperor

こう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

皇(こう) 室(しつ) koushitsu imperial household 皇(こう) 太(たい) 子(し) koutaishi crown prince 教(きょう) 皇(こう) kyoukou Pope 皇(こう) 族(ぞく) kouzoku imperial family 皇(こう) 位(い) koui imperial throne 皇(こう) 帝(てい) koutei emperor

のう nou Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

天(てん) 皇(のう) tennou Emperor of Japan

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

しろい白 white #106

おう王 king

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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