Keyword
emperor
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig466
Readings
てい
(87%)
Composed of
lid
horns
roof without a chimney
piece of fabric
Mnemonic components
standing up
roof without a chimney
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)
tighten
give up
hoof
animal cry
Used in vocabulary (147 in total)
empire; Empire of Japan
emperor (of Japan); mikado
imperial capital
sovereign; emperor; monarch
imperial throne; the Crown
great emperor; ... the Great
Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); God; Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra
the late emperor; preceding emperor
education for governing as a monarch; kingcraft
imperial university
Imperial Family; Imperial Household
imperial soldier; soldier in an imperial army
imperial government; imperialism; monarchical rule
Caesarean section; Cesarean section; C-section
Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology
imperial capital; heaven
Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of the Holy Roman Empire
imperial university; university founded by the Empire of Japan between 1886 and 1939; Imperial University (name of the University of Tokyo between 1886 and 1897)
Shangdi (creator deity in Chinese folk religion); God
galactic empire (in science fiction)
Empire of Japan (Japan's official name under the Meiji Constitution)
anti-imperialism
new emperor
the Third Reich; Nazi Germany
imperial palace
virtuous emperor
Russian Empire (1721-1917)
Imperial Theatre (Tokyo)
Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology
Imperial Russia (1721-1917); Tsarist Russia
emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
young emperor
Constitution of the Empire of Japan; Meiji Constitution
imperial crown; diadem
empire; Empire of Japan
imperial throne
Austro-Hungarian Empire; Austria-Hungary
former imperial university
emperor of the time
Teigin Bank robbery (in which 12 people died of cyanide poisoning; 1948)
Japanese imperialism
Imperial Academy art exhibition
Meiji Constitution; Constitution of the Empire of Japan
preceding emperor
dethroned emperor or king
tyrannical emperor; despotic emperor; cruel emperor; tyrant
American imperialism; American Empire
Korean Empire (1897-1910)
emperor of Russia (prior to 1917); tsar; czar; tzar
emperor's virtue
imperial mausoleum
imperial authority; imperial prerogative; imperium
the Five Good Emperors (of the Roman Empire; Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius)
person who has not won any major awards or titles despite being the best in a particular field; uncrowned king; person who wields power without holding an official rank or title; journalist (esp. newspaper journalist)
imperial mausoleum
Mughal Empire; Mogul Empire
Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (mythological rulers of ancient China)
Caesarean section; Cesarean section; C-section
dual monarchy; Austria-Hungary; Austro-Hungarian Empire
imperial government; imperialism; monarchical rule
(French) Second Empire
Austro-Hungarian Empire; Austria-Hungary
imperial majesty
Indian Empire; British Raj
Mughal Empire; Mogul Empire
imperial task
Latin Empire (Constantinople, 1204-1261)
the imperial way; principles of imperial rule
Great Qing Empire (China; 1644-1912); Qing dynasty
little emperor; spoilt only child (in China)
Caesarean section; C-section
imperial order
Constitution of the Empire of Japan; Meiji Constitution
Austro-Hungarian Empire; Austria-Hungary
(French) Second Empire
Indian Empire; British Raj
poetic word for the sun
theory of the divine right of kings
imperial domain
period of Japanese colonial rule (of Korea; 1910-1945)
imperial palace gate; imperial palace
Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star
Constitutional Imperial Rule Party (1882-1883)
Daito Bunka University, Tokai University, Asia University, Teikyo University and Kokushikan University (or Kokugakuin University) (group of similarly ranked private universities in Tokyo)
League of the Three Emperors (1873-1887)
wise emperor; sagacious monarch
Teikyo University (abbr)
Teikyo University (abbr)
Three Emperors' Alliance (1881; between Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Germany)
common jay (species of swallowtail butterfly, Graphium doson)
Sakhalin sturgeon (Acipenser mikadoi)
Kshatriya (member of India's military caste)
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.