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Kanji Information Sheet for 皇 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 白 (しろ) – white
Henshall Mnemonic: emperor is white king
Levels: JLPT N1 | JLPT 1 (old) | Grade 6
Frequency: #721 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #721 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N2 Words
JLPT N1 Words
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 皇位 [こうい]
(n) imperial throne [K] [D] [Jisho] - 皇后 [こうごう]
(n) (Japanese) empress; queen [K] [D] [Jisho] - 皇室 [こうしつ]
(n) Imperial household [K] [D] [Jisho] - 皇女 [こうじょ]
(n) imperial princess [K] [D] [Jisho] - 皇族 [こうぞく]
(n) imperial family; royalty [K] [D] [Jisho] - 皇太后 [こうたいこう]
(n) Queen Mother; Empress Dowager [K] [D] [Jisho] - 皇太子 [こうたいし]
(n) crown prince [K] [D] [Jisho] - 皇太子妃 [こうたいしひ]
(n) crown princess [K] [D] [Jisho] - 皇帝 [こうてい]
(n) emperor [K] [D] [Jisho] - 皇民党 [こうみんとう]
Imperialist Party [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天皇制 [てんのうせい]
(n) the Emperor System [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天皇陛下 [てんのうへいか]
(n) His Majesty the Emperor [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.