What is the Kanji for "Emperor" and "Sovereign"?
If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Emperor" and "Sovereign", you've come to the right place!
The Japanese Kanji for "Emperor" and "Sovereign" is "帝".
This kanji has 2 readings:
Its kunyomi reading is "Mikado".
Its onyomi reading is "Tei".
kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.
If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 4 parts:
The radical "亠" means "Lid" . The radical "丷" means "Divide" . The radical "冖" means "Crown" . And The kanji "巾" means "Towel" and can be read as "Kin".
Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.
What does the kanji "帝" mean in japanese?
"帝" means "Emperor" and "Sovereign" .
Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.
Here are some words that use this kanji:
To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.
But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.
Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.
This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:
The hiragana "て" is read as "te". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". The hiragana "み" is read as "mi". The hiragana "か" is read as "ka". And The hiragana "ど" is read as "do".
