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Kanji Grade 3 - 宮

Kanji character Grade 3 宮. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 3 - 宮
About
Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess
Kun: みや
On: キュウ、 グウ、 ク、 クウ
10 strokes
Radical: roof 宀
Parts: ノ 口 宀
 
Onyomi
宮 【キュウ】 palace, tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale), ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women), zodiacal sign
宮中 【キュウチュウ】 imperial court
離宮 【リキュウ】 imperial villa, royal villa, detached palace
巨蟹宮 【キョカイキュウ】 Cancer (4th zodiacal sign), the Crab
宮司 【グウジ】 chief priest
宮寺 【グウジ】 Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine
二宮 【ニグウ】 the Two Ise Shrines
東宮 【トウグウ】 crown prince
宮内庁 【クナイチョウ】 Imperial Household Agency
宮内 【クナイ】 inside the Imperial Palace, Department of the Imperial Household
月宮 【ゲッキュウ】 moon palace of the Hindu god Chandra
内宮 【ナイクウ】 Inner Ise Shrine
外宮 【ゲクウ】 outer shrine of the Ise Grand Shrine
 
Kunyomi
宮 【みや】 shrine, palace, imperial residence, Imperial prince, Imperial princess, headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc., temple
宮家 【みやけ】 house of a prince of the blood
若宮 【わかみや】 young imperial prince, child of the imperial family, shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine, newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred)
大宮 【おおみや】 imperial palace, shrine, Grand Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child, elderly woman of imperial lineage