陛
highness, steps (of throne)

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ヘイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:6
Strokes:10
JLPT:1
Frequency:1429

Vocabulary

ヘイ

WordReadingMeaning
陛下ヘイカYour Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
今上陛下キンジョウヘイカHis Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor
女王陛下ジョオウヘイカHer Majesty the Queen
両陛下リョウヘイカtheir Majesties the Emperor and Empress
国王陛下コクオウヘイカHis Majesty the King

Other

WordReadingMeaning
天皇陛下てんのうへいかHis Majesty the Emperor
皇后陛下こうごうへいかHer Majesty the Empress
上皇后陛下じょうこうごうへいかretired empress; ex-empress; former empress; empress emerita
天皇皇后両陛下てんのうこうごうりょうへいかTheir Majesties the Emperor and Empress

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

陸
land, six
Grade 4JLPT 2
階
counter for storeys of a building, stair, storey
Grade 3JLPT 2
隆
high, hump, noble, prosperity
Grade 8JLPT 1
陶
porcelain, pottery
Grade 8JLPT 1
任
appoint, duty, entrust to, responsibility, term
Grade 5JLPT 3
降
descend, fall, precipitate, surrender
Grade 6JLPT 3
堕
degenerate, descend to, lapse into
Grade 8JLPT 1
附
affixed, append, attach, refer to
Grade 8JLPT 1
佐
assistant, help
Grade 4JLPT 1
墜
crash, fall (down)
Grade 8JLPT 1