皇

Translingual

Han character

皇 (radical 106 白+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹日一土 (HAMG), four-corner 2610₄, composition ⿱白王)

1. royal, imperial, august
2. emperor, sovereign, ruler, superior
3. used as a surname

References

• KangXi: page 786, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22701
• Dae Jaweon: page 1201, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2645, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7687

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Cantonese

Hanzi

皇 (jyutping wong4, Yale wong4)

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Japanese

Kanji

皇 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go'on: おう (ō), from わう
• Kan'on: こう (kō), from くわう
• Kun: かみ (kami), きみ (kimi), すめらぎ (sumeragi)

Compounds

• 天皇
• 皇帝
• 皇子
• 倉皇

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Korean

Hanja

皇 (hangeul 황, 왕, revised hwang, wang, McCune-Reischauer hwang, wang, Yale hwang, wang)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

皇 (pinyin huáng (huang2), Wade-Giles huang²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

皇 (hoàng)