太后 (たいこう) — empress dowager, queen mother | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

empress dowager and queen mother

Practice Writing

Character: 1/2

Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

empress dowager, queen mother

太

plump, thick, big around

ふと.い, ふと.る, タイ

大

おお-, おお.きい, ダイ

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

人

ひと, -り, ジン

丶

dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)

后

empress, queen, after...

きさき, コウ, ゴ

𠂋

𠂆

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

口

くち, コウ, ク

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