Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
king, rule, magnate
On:
オウ-ノウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
684 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 王 【オウ】 king, ruler, sovereign, monarch, tycoon, magnate, champion, master, king (of the senior player)
  • 王女 【オウジョ】 princess
  • 竜王 【リュウオウ】 Dragon King, promoted rook
  • 大王 【ダイオウ】 great king

Readings

Japanese names:
おお、 おおきみ、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wang2, wang4
Korean:
wang

Spanish

  • rey
  • regla
  • magnate

Portuguese

  • rei
  • regra
  • magnata
  • governo

French

  • roi
  • régner
  • magnat
49 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
47 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
5 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
499 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2922 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
310 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
733 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
90 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
294 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
294 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
577 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1315 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4247 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2145 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2895 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
261 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20823 Morohashi
3439 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3619 New Nelson (John Haig)
255 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
271 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
26 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
4f0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
1010.4 Four corner code
1-18-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
738b Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
empress, queen, after, behind, back, later
Kun:
きさき
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1583 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 后宮 【コウグウ】 empress's palace, queen's palace, empress, queen
  • 皇妃 【コウヒ】 empress, queen
  • 皇太后 【コウタイゴウ】 Empress Dowager, Queen Mother
  • 太后 【タイコウ】 empress dowager, queen mother

Kun reading compounds

  • 后 【きさき】 empress, queen
  • 后町 【きさきまち】 women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hou4
Korean:
hu

Spanish

  • emperatriz
  • esposa del emperador

Portuguese

  • imperatriz
  • rainha
  • depois
  • atrás
  • mais tarde

French

  • impératrice
  • reine
  • après
  • derrière
  • arrière
  • plus tard
780 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
869 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
858 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1759 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
181 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
542 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1125 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
304 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1119 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1171 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1873 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
283 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3701 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1893 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2574 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1878 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3298 Morohashi
2981 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
704 New Nelson (John Haig)
1861 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2005 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
844 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2677 2001 Kanji
3d3.11 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-4 SKIP code
3-3-3 SKIP code
7226.1 Four corner code
1-25-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
540e Unicode hex code