Kanji Detail for 殿 - "palace, lord, noble"

殿

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N2

Meaning
殿 means "palace, lord, noble."
1. Palace - A large building; the residence of emperors and nobles.
2. Lord - An honorific for masters and nobles.
3. Honorific suffix - A word attached to names to show respect.
4. Rear guard - The unit that defends against pursuit when an army retreats.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

Mr.; hall; mansion; palace; temple; lord

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

hall; palace; temple

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

palace hall

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

hall; palace; temple

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

A grand hall. The hall of the emperor is called 殿. The rooms where Buddhists and Taoists worship their deities are also called 殿. | To suppress. Also, the rear of an army is called 殿. The Analects says: "Retreating while guarding the rear" (奔而殿). | Coming last in evaluation of merits is called 殿. As in 殿最 (grades of merit).
Onyomi

den(でん)

ten(てん)
Kunyomi

dono(どの)

shingari(しんがり)

tono(との)
Strokes

13 strokes
Radical

殳 (hokozukuri・rumata)
Related Keywords
palace hall mansion lord master sir mister honorific noble dignified grand majestic stately august rear guard buttocks behind Mr. suffix formal