Kanji

宮

Meaning

Shinto shrine constellations palace

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • みや け house of an imperial prince
  • わか みや young imperial prince
  • お みや Shinto shrine

On'yomi

  • きゅう でん palace
  • きゅう ちゅう imperial court
  • きゅう てい imperial court
  • じん ぐう high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family
  • とう ぐう crown prince
  • に ぐう the Two Ise Shrines
  • く ないちょう Imperial Household Agency
  • く ない inside the Imperial Palace
  • く ないしょう Department of the Imperial Household
  • ない くう Inner Ise Shrine
  • げ くう outer shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine

Practice Writing

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Related Entries

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Component Analysis

宮
Shinto shrine, constellations, palace...
みや, キュウ, グウ
宀
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン, メン
冖
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ
呂
spine, backbone
せぼね, ロ, リョ
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク

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