Keyword
palace
- surname
- Frequency
- #1157
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
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Mnemonic
宀 (roof) gives the meaning and 吕 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
宫
palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
白宫
White House
子宫
uterus; womb
宫殿
palace
皇宫
imperial palace
宫廷
court (of king or emperor)
后宫
harem; chambers of imperial concubines
迷宫
maze; labyrinth
故宫
former imperial palace
天宫
Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor); Tiangong, Chinese space station program
王宫
imperial palace
宫城
Miyagi (prefecture in Japan)
克里姆林宫
the Kremlin
南宫
two-character surname Nangong
故宫
the Forbidden City; abbr. for 故宫博物院 (GùgōngBówùyuàn)
宫颈
cervix; the neck of the uterus
行宫
temporary imperial residence
宫女
palace maid
进宫
to enter the emperor's palace; (slang) to go to jail
卢浮宫
the Louvre, museum in Paris
故宫博物院
Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing; National Palace Museum, Taipei
布达拉宫
Potala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet
宫崎骏
Miyazaki Hayao (1941-), Japanese director
神宫
(Shinto) shrine of especially high status (esp. an imperial shrine, e.g. Ise Grand Shrine)