The kanji 皇: meaning, readings and stroke order

皇

Meaning: emperor
On reading: コウ kou、オウ ou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 9
Radical: 白 white
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: hoàng đế, vua (hoàng)
Japanese: てんのう。おうさま。
Korean: 황제, 임금 (황)
Chinese: 皇帝

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading · less common

皇こう后ごう
empress
皇こう后ごうさまが来られました。
The Empress came.

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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.