Word Meaning 院号

いんごう ingou

院号 is read as いんごう (ingou) and means former emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.).

Meaning

English

former emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.)
posthumous Buddhist name containing the character "in"

Reading

Kana

いんごう

Romaji

ingou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 87630 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

院内

いんない

inside the hospital

院政

いんせい

cloistered rule

院議

いんぎ

legislative decision

番号

ばんごう

number

信号

しんごう

traffic light

記号

きごう

symbol

号

ごう

size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.)

年号

ねんごう

name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa)

元号

げんごう

name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa)

怒号

どごう

angry roar

二号

にごう

number two

赤信号

あかしんごう

red light (traffic)