皇居

Chinese

		emperor; surname	reside
simp. and trad. (皇居)		皇	居

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄐㄩ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángjyu
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-chü¹
    • Yale: hwáng-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangjiu
    • Palladius: хуанцзюй (xuanczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/

Noun

皇居

1. (literary) imperial palace
2. (literary) imperial city
3. (literary) the whole country; the entire nation

Japanese

Kanji in this term
皇	居
こう Grade: 6	きょ Grade: 5
kan'on

Proper noun

皇(こう)居(きょ) • (Kōkyo) ^{←くわうきよ (Kwaukyo)?}

1. The imperial palace of Japan

References

• “皇居”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025