Keyword
emperor
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig466
Readings
てい
(73%)
だい
(17%)
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 (111 in total)
empire; imperial
emperor (of Japan); mikado
imperial capital
sovereign; emperor; monarch
imperial throne; the Crown
great emperor; ... the Great
the late emperor
Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); God; Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra
education for governing as a monarch; kingcraft
(former) imperial university
Imperial Family; Imperial Household
imperial government; imperialism; monarchical rule
imperial soldier; soldier in an imperial army
Caesarean section (Cesarean); C-section
galactic empire (in science fiction)
Shangdi (creator deity in Chinese folk religion); God
(former) imperial university
Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of the Holy Roman Empire
new emperor
anti-imperialism
Empire of Japan (Japan's official name under the Meiji Constitution)
the Third Reich; Nazi Germany
The Imperial Theater
Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology
virtuous emperor
Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology
young emperor
emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
imperial crown; diadem
Constitution of the Empire of Japan; Meiji Constitution
imperial throne
Tengin Bank robbery (in which 12 people died of cyanide poisoning; 1948)
Japanese imperialism
former imperial university
preceding emperor
Imperial Academy art exhibition
emperor of the time
dethroned emperor or king
US imperialism
Meiji Constitution (Constitution of the Empire of Japan)
Korean Empire (1897-1910)
emperor of Russia (prior to 1917); tsar; czar; tzar
emperor's virtue
imperial mausoleum
Mughal Empire; Mogul Empire
the Five Good Emperors (of the Roman Empire; Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius)
imperial government; imperialism; monarchical rule
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
Caesarean section (Cesarean); C-section
imperial majesty
imperial task
Latin Empire (Constantinople, 1204-1261)
the imperial way; principles of imperial rule
Mughal Empire; Mogul Empire
Great Qing Empire (China, 1644-1912); Qing dynasty
Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (mythological rulers of ancient China)
little emperor; spoilt only child (in China)
imperial order
Constitution of the Empire of Japan; Meiji Constitution
Kshatriya (member of India's military caste)
poetic word for the sun
theory of the divine right of kings
imperial domain
era of Japanese imperialism (esp. Korea)
imperial palace gate; imperial palace
imperial palace gate; imperial palace
Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star
Constitutional Imperial Rule Party (1882-1883)
(French) Second Empire
common jay (species of swallowtail butterfly, Graphium doson)
Sakhalin sturgeon (Acipenser mikadoi)
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.