Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

721 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: emperor

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: コウ オウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: しろ

Meaning: white

Strokes: 5

Examples

Examples with audio

帝(こうてい)   emperor

后(こうごう)   empress

太子(こうたいし)   crown prince

室(こうしつ)   Imperial household

居(こうきょ)   Imperial Palace

(てんのう)   Emperor of Japan

Onyomi Examples

コウゴウ (Japanese) empress, queen

コウキョ Imperial Palace (of Japan), imperial residence

ソウコウ hurriedly, in a hurry, in great haste

キョウコウ Pope

コウテイ emperor

オウジ imperial prince

ホウオウ cloistered emperor, ex-emperor who has become a monk

太上法 ダイジョウホウオウ cloistered emperor, ex-emperor who has become a monk