宮 – Shinto shrine, constellations, palace

10 strokesTaught in grade 3#367 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 宮 means Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キュウ、グウ、ク、クウ (kyuu, guu, ku, kuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is みや (miya). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 宀 (no. 40).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キュウ	kyuu
On’yomi	グウ	guu
On’yomi	ク	ku
On’yomi	クウ	kuu
Kun’yomi	みや	miya

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 宀 (Kangxi radical 40). Components: 口・宀・ノ.

Words using 宮

宮殿きゅうでんpalaceお宮おみやShinto shrine

Example sentences

宮殿は物々しい警戒ぶりだった。

The palace was heavily guarded.

Tatoeba #76239

以前この辺りに小さなお宮があった。

There used to be a small shrine around here.

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Kanji with the same radical

定実家安官容宅害審守察室客完富寄

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