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Keyword
emperor
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig466
Readings
てい
(73%)
だい
(17%)
Composed of
亠
lid
丷
horns
冖
roof without a chimney
巾
piece of fabric
Mnemonic components
立
standing up
冖
roof without a chimney
巾
piece of fabric
Mnemonic

You're standing on the roof of the emperor's residence. Looking through the sloped glass window you see a piece of fabric inside. They're the emperor's robes! It's him! Time to jump down and assasinate him from the back!

Used in kanji (5 in total)
締
tighten
諦
give up
蹄
hoof
啼
animal cry
1 more...
Used in vocabulary (111 in total)
empire; imperial
emperor
emperor (of Japan); mikado
108 more...
Examples (20 in total)
War breaks out when nations try to form their own empires.
This is how the great empire came into existence.
They increased the territory of the empire.
It was believed that the emperor's position was bestowed by the gods.
He is the king of the night.
Emperor Nero was an extremely evil tyrant.
The allies defeated the evil empire in the fierce battle.
The empire absorbed all the small states.
He was the king of rock-and-roll.
Some Whites seek more imperial solutions.
They built their empire in Peru about five hundred years ago.
India was subject to the British Empire.
The United States was once part of the British Empire.
Let's meet in the lobby of the Imperial Hotel at 6:30 p.m.
The Holy Roman Empire came to an end in the year 1806.
Constantinople fell to the hands of the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
He was the ruler of the Inca Empire.
The government of the Inca Empire controlled everything.
The emperor Theodosius made Christianity the state religion and banned other religions.
The English breakfast was made popular by the architects of the British Empire.