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皇 (コウ) — emperor | Kumi Dictionary

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Kanji
皇

皇

皇コウ

emperor

Kanji History Politics & Law KMT6 N19 strokes

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On'yomi

コウオウ

Nanori

おうじおおみ

emperor

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Concepts using this kanji

Emperor of Japan

crown prince

Imperialist Party

Imperial household

His Majesty the Emperor

empress (consort)

Imperial Palace (of Japan)

emperor

the Emperor System

imperial family

Empress Dowager

crown princess

imperial prince

imperial throne

(Japanese) Imperial Army

emperor

making people subjects of the emperor

Empire (of Japan)

empress

preceding emperor

cloistered emperor

the (deceased) father of the current emperor

clans supposedly descended from the imperial family

retired emperor

the imperial line

High Priestess (Tarot card)

imperial capital

new emperor

Pope

ローマ教皇

Pope

Emperor Taishō (1879-1926, reigned 1912-1926)

His Majesty the Emperor

imperial court

foundation of imperial rule

providence

Imperial Way Faction (of the Imperial Japanese Army)

(former) Papal States

destiny of the emperor

female emperor (of Japan)

皇民化政策

imperialisation policy (esp. on Korea during Japan's colonial rule) (imperialization)

the Imperial Family

antipope

the Imperial Palace

prince consort

Kōtai Shrine (main shrine of the Inner Ise Shrine)

cloistered emperor

the benevolent Imperial rule

Emperor Meiji (1852-1912, reigned 1867-1912)

divine

matrilineal emperor of Japan

Imperial Household Council

Old Imperial Family

abdicated emperor

Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (mythological rulers of ancient China)

Holy See

allowance allotted to the Imperial family

Curia

ローマ教皇庁

Roman Curia

patrilineal imperial succession (Japan)

神皇正統記

Jinno Shotoki (Succession of Imperial Rulers in Japan, historical treatise by Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1339)

the Imperial Household expenses

emperor-centered historiography (of Japan)

Emperor Shōwa (1901-1989, reigned 1926-1989)

imperial family

天皇誕生日

Emperor's Birthday (national holiday; February 23)

皇朝十二銭

twelve coinages minted in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods

imperial palace

Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort

Imperial Household Shinto

Imperial era

Empire (of Japan)

天皇人間宣言

Imperial Declaration of Humanity (renunciation of imperial claim to divinity; January 1, 1946)

little emperor

皇室経済法

Imperial Household Finance Act

天皇機関説

theory of the Emperor as an organ of government

deceased grandfather of the emperor

pope emeritus

crown prince

Emperor's trophy

retired emperor

imperial ancestors

皇宮警察本部

Imperial Guard Headquarters

Japanese classics

皇室経済会議

Imperial Household Economy Council

皇宮護衛官

Imperial Palace guard

retired empress

皇位継承者

heir to the throne

皇太子殿下

His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince

(Japanese) imperial succession

hurriedly

倉皇として

in great haste

younger brother of an Emperor

the emperor as a symbol of Japan

Imperial Standard

象徴天皇制

symbolic emperor system

traditional Chinese medicine

eldest grandson of an Emperor in the line of descent

(divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire

111th birthday

empress's residence

membership of the Imperial family

Grand Empress Dowager

日嗣の皇子

Crown Prince (of Japan)

神武天皇祭

Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3, the supposed day of his death)

皇帝ペンギン

emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)

皇典講究所

Research Institute for the Japanese Classics (1882-1946)

Emperor of Japan

imperial grandchild or descendant

tomb of Japanese emperor

皇帝教皇主義

Caesaropapism

皇帝教皇主義

Caesaropapism

教皇皇帝主義

Papocaesarism

教皇皇帝主義

Papocaesarism

日本文徳天皇実録

Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)

Imperial family record

上皇后陛下

retired empress

Imperial House Act

ancestors of the Imperial Family

ancestors of the Imperial Family

神聖ローマ皇帝

Holy Roman Emperor

Her Majesty the Empress

鉄血勤皇隊

Blood and Iron Student Corps (Okinawa, 1945)

prosperity to the emperor

spirits of past emperors

empress

皇學館大学

Kogakkan University

grandchild of Amaterasu (i.e. Ninigi no Mikoto)

imperial mausoleum

天皇皇后両陛下

Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress

天皇皇后両陛下

Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress

equinoctial ceremony held by the emperor at the shrine of imperial ancestors

imperial princess

春季皇霊祭

imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the vernal equinox

emperor worship

秋季皇霊祭

imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the autumnal equinox

shrine of imperial ancestors

始馭天下之天皇

first emperor to rule the land (title bestowed upon Emperor Jimmu on his coronation)

Emperor's Cup

prince consort

the Imperial Guards

Imperial heir

deceased grandmother of the emperor

deceased Queen Mother

Imperial descendant (posterity)

rank of emperor

imperial policy

palace gate

revere the Emperor, expel the (Western) barbarians

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皇太子
皇太子殿下
皇太子妃
皇帝
皇道
上皇
人皇
先皇
倉皇
天皇家
天皇旗
天皇崇拝
天皇制
天皇誕生日
天皇杯
天皇陛下
天皇
倉皇として
今上天皇

天皇機関説

皇帝ペンギン

ローマ教皇

ローマ教皇庁

日本文徳天皇実録

天皇人間宣言

象徴天皇制

春季皇霊祭

秋季皇霊祭

神武天皇祭

皇民化政策

皇朝十二銭

皇位継承者

上皇后陛下

皇帝教皇主義

教皇皇帝主義

始馭天下之天皇

皇室経済法

皇宮護衛官

天皇皇后両陛下

日嗣の皇子

神聖ローマ皇帝

皇宮警察本部

皇室経済会議

皇典講究所

皇學館大学

神皇正統記