Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1199 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: Mr., hall, mansion, palace, temple, lord

Kunyomi: との -どの

Onyomi: デン テン

Composition:

殿

Radical

Radical:

Reading: るまた

Meaning: weapon, lance

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

殿堂(でんどう)   palace, palatial building

殿下(でんか)   Your Highness, His Highness

殿(しんでん)   sanctuary, temple, sacred place

殿(きゅうでん)   palace

殿(ごてん)   palace, court

殿(との)   Your Highness, His Highness

殿様(とのさま)   feudal lord

山田殿(やまだどの)   Dear Mr. Yamada

Onyomi Examples

殿 デンドウ palace, hall, shrine, temple, sanctuary, hall of fame

殿 デンカ your Highness, his Highness, her Highness

殿 ハイデン front shrine, hall of worship

殿 セイデン main temple, main building of a shrine, alternate name for the Shishiden, Hall for State Ceremonies, central building of a palace, State Chamber

殿 デンカ your Highness, his Highness, her Highness

殿 テンジョウ the court, palace circles, palace floor

殿 ゴテン palace, court

紫御殿 ムラサキゴテン wandering jew (Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea'), purple secretia, purple-heart, purple queen

Kunyomi Examples

殿 との feudal lord, mansion, palace

殿 とのさま nobleman, dignitary, lord, feudal lord (of the Edo period), daimyō, man brought up away from the world, arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world

殿 おおとの current master, father of one's current master, minister (of government), noble, nobleman's residence

殿 わかとの young lord, successor of one's current lord