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:N1

Frequency:1429

Vocabulary

ヘイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building

hump, high, noble, prosperity

pottery, porcelain

responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint

descend, precipitate, fall, surrender

degenerate, descend to, lapse into

affixed, attach, refer to, append

assistant, help

crash, fall (down)