Kanji Detail for 朕 - "imperial, royal, I"

朕

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
朕 means "imperial, royal, I."
1. I (imperial) - The first-person pronoun used by the emperor.
2. Royal self - The emperor's self-reference.
3. Omen - A sign or portent of things to come.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

majestic plural; imperial we

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

pronoun 'I'

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(used by an emperor or king) I; me; we (royal "we"); (literary) omen

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

the royal "we", for imperial use

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

I, me. In ancient times, both nobles and commoners called themselves 朕. Qin Shihuang established it as the exclusive imperial term. Han dynasty and after continued this. Only the emperor could call himself 朕. | 兆朕 means strange signs. From "Huainanzi." Now early indications of things are also called 兆朕. Originally written as 眹. 眹 means signs in the eyes.
Onyomi

chin(ちん)
Kunyomi

kiza.shi(きざし)

ware(われ)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

月 (tsuki・tsukihen)
Related Keywords
imperial I royal emperor sovereign monarch self identity majesty noble dignified omen sign portent indication presage august supreme regal throne