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The kanji 宮: meaning, readings and stroke order
宮
- Meaning
- shrine, palace
- On reading
- キュウ kyuu、グウ guu、ク* ku
- Kun reading
- みや miya
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 宀 roof
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- đền, cung điện (cung)
- Japanese
- じんじゃ。おうさまの すまい。
- Korean
- 신사, 궁궐 (궁)
- Chinese
- 神社、宫殿 (宫)
Readings, words and example sentences
キュウ kyuu · on reading
王宮
royal palace
王宮の 前に 人が 集まります。
People gather in front of the palace.
グウ guu · on reading
神宮
large Shinto shrine
正月に 神宮に おまいりします。
At New Year, I go to pray at the shrine.
みや miya · kun reading · less common
お宮
shrine
お宮で おまつりが あります。
There is a festival at the shrine.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 宮 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 宮 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.