漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
宮: Shinto shrine, constellations
Also: palace, princess
JLPT N110 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
宀 carries the meaning · 呂 is drawn in
10 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Zhou Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Four readings, and the words that use each
キュウkyuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 宮殿きゅうでんpalace
- 王宮おうきゅうroyal palace
- 迷宮めいきゅうmystery, maze, labyrinth
- 離宮りきゅうvilla
- 子宮しきゅうwomb, uterus
グウguu · on'yomi
- 宮司ぐうじchief priest
- 神宮しんぐうShinto shrine
クku · on'yomi
- 宮内庁くないちょうImperial Household Agency
みやmiya · kun'yomi · on its own
- 宮みやresidence or family of a prince
- 宮仕えみやづかえcourt (government) service
- 宮参りみやまいりshrine visit
Also read クウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)宀 + 呂
Source: Wiktionary, 宮 (rev. 91915066), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Under one roof! Imagine the safety and warmth of a sturdy house at the end of a long day.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
呂
Also built on spine (呂)
Also read グウ
3 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side宮 Shinto shrine · 宀
vs営 camp · 𤇾In ChineseSimplified 宫 · traditional, as in Japanese · gōng
Japan keeps the traditional form 宮; mainland China simplifies it to 宫.
- Simplified
- 宫 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 宮 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin gōng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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