| 783 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 871 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 861 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 964 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3100 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 460 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1551 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 964 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 297 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 297 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 579 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1366 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3175 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1635 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2223 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 267 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 22701 | Morohashi |
| 2566 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3870 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 261 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 279 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 880 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
721 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 皇后 【コウゴウ】 empress (consort)
- 皇居 【コウキョ】 Imperial Palace (of Japan), imperial residence
- 倉皇 【ソウコウ】 hurriedly, in a hurry, in great haste
- 教皇 【キョウコウ】 Pope
- 皇子 【オウジ】 imperial prince
- 皇女 【コウジョ】 imperial princess
- 法皇 【ホウオウ】 cloistered emperor, ex-emperor who has become a monk
- 太上法皇 【ダイジョウホウオウ】 cloistered emperor, ex-emperor who has become a monk
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おうじ、 おお、 み
- Korean:
- hwang, wang
Spanish
- emperador
Portuguese
- imperador
French
- empereur
| 872 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4f5.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 2610.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7687 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1583 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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 (consort), queen (consort)
- 后町 【きさきまち】 women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)
Readings
- 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
367 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 宮 【キュウ】 palace, tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale), ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women), zodiacal sign
- 宮中 【キュウチュウ】 imperial court
- 離宮 【リキュウ】 imperial villa, royal villa, detached palace
- 巨蟹宮 【キョカイキュウ】 Cancer (4th zodiacal sign), the Crab
- 宮司 【グウジ】 chief priest
- 宮寺 【グウジ】 Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine
- 二宮 【ニグウ】 the Two Ise Shrines
- 東宮 【トウグウ】 crown prince
- 宮内庁 【クナイチョウ】 Imperial Household Agency
- 宮内 【クナイ】 inside the Imperial Palace, Department of the Imperial Household
- 月宮 【ゲッキュウ】 moon palace of the Hindu god Chandra
- 夙 【シュク】 outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
- 内宮 【ナイクウ】 Inner Ise Shrine
- 外宮 【ゲクウ】 outer shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine
Kun reading compounds
- 宮 【みや】 shrine, palace, imperial residence, Imperial prince, Imperial princess, headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc., temple
- 宮家 【みやけ】 house of an imperial prince
- 若宮 【わかみや】 young imperial prince, child of the imperial family, shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine, newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred)
- 大宮 【おおみや】 imperial palace, shrine, Grand Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child, elderly woman of imperial lineage
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぐ、 み
- Korean:
- gung
Spanish
- príncipe
- familia imperial
- santuario
Portuguese
- Templo Shinto
- constelação
- palácio
- princesa
French
- sanctuaire
- constellations
- palais
- princesse
| 374 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 274 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 256 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 419 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1310 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 546 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1209 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1184 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 721 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 734 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 929 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 482 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2828 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1459 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1964 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1042 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7156 | Morohashi |
| 2274 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1336 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1033 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1110 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 353 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 777 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3m7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 3060.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5bae | Unicode hex code |