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皇 = 王 + 白

皇 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “emperor”. It is built from 王 (king) and 白 (white). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 279.

Keyword
emperor
RTK frame
279
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ, オウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
император
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
皇 royal

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 王 king
  2. 白 white

How to find 皇 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “king” + “white”. 皇 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 皇 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.