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Kanji Detail for 宮 - "palace, shrine, royal"
宮
- Meaning
宮 means "palace, shrine, royal."
Palace - A royal residence; a grand building.
Shrine - A Shinto place of worship.
Imperial family - Members of the royal house.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
Shinto shrine; constellations; palace; princess
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
palace, temple, dwelling, enclose
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Gong
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
palace; surname
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Chamber. Meaning a house with domed walls visible above. The Yellow Emperor built houses to shelter from cold and heat. Originally a general term for residences. Later, exclusively meant the emperor's residence. Also, dwellings of deities are called 宮. Such as Daoist temples often called 某某宮. | In old customs, everything related to the imperial house was called 宮. Such as the empress called 正宮; consorts called 六宮; the crown prince called 儲宮, 東宮; palace maids called 宮娥; their attire called 宮妝; refined items for imperial use included 宮熏, 宮粉; poetry about imperial matters called 宮詞. | One of the five notes. The five notes are 宮商角徵羽. | The ancient palace punishment. For men, castration; for women, confinement in the palace. | In calendrical calculations, 30 degrees make one 宮, which is one-twelfth of a circle.
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