Word Meaning 后宮

こうぐう kouguu

后宮 is read as こうぐう (kouguu) and means empress.

Meaning

English

empress
queen
empress's palace
queen's palace

Reading

Kana

こうぐう

Romaji

kouguu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 115129 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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皇后宮

こうごうぐう

empress

后

きさき

empress

后町

きさいまち

women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)

内宮

ないぐう

Inner Ise Shrine

外宮

げぐう

outer shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine

迷宮

めいきゅう

dungeon

子宮

しきゅう

womb

神宮

じんぐう

high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family

東宮

とうぐう

crown prince

二宮

にぐう

the Two Ise Shrines

王宮

おうきゅう

royal palace

離宮

りきゅう

imperial villa