Word Meaning ご真影

ごしんえい goshinei

ご真影 is read as ごしんえい (goshinei) and means portrait or photo of a person of high rank.

Meaning

English

portrait or photo of a person of high rank
imperial portrait
photograph of the incumbent Emperor and Empress distributed to schools between 1890 and the end of the Second World War

Reading

Kana

ごしんえい

Romaji

goshinei

Writing Variants

御真影 ごしんえい goshinei

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 45043 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

写真撮影

しゃしんさつえい

photography

真影

しんえい

accurate portrait

写真投影法

しゃしんとうえいほう

photo projective method (esp. in psych.)

ご影

ごえい

image (esp. of a deity, buddha, royal, noble, etc.)

人影

じんえい

shadow of a person

影

かげ

light (stars, moon)

撮影

さつえい

photography (still or motion)

面影

おもかげ

face

投影

とうえい

projection

幻影

げんえい

phantom

遺影

いえい

portrait of a deceased person

機影

きえい

sight (signs) of an aeroplane (airplane)