皇后

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Chinese

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divine, imperial; emperor empress; queen
simp. and trad.
(皇后)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (33) (33)
Final () (102) (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter hwang huwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦwɑŋ/ /ɦəuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷɑŋ/ /ɦəuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɑŋ/ /ɣəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwaŋ/ /ɦəwH/
Li
Rong
/ɣuɑŋ/ /ɣuH/
Wang
Li
/ɣuɑŋ/ /ɣəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣwɑŋ/ /ɣə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huáng hòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wong4 hau6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
huáng hòu
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwang › ‹ huwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/ /*ɢˁ(r)oʔ/
English sovereign sovereign; queen

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
No. 12696 5172
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
𠋫
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷaːŋ/ /*ɡoːs/
Notes

Noun

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皇后

  1. empress, particularly an empress consort
  2. (Hong Kong, historical) the British Queen
    皇后大道 [Cantonese]  ―  wong4 hau6 daai6 dou6 zung1 [Jyutping]  ―  Queen's Road Central
  3. (tarot) the Empress

Usage notes

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Usually not used for a female monarch, who is called 女皇 (nǚhuáng) or just 皇帝 (huángdì) (which is gender neutral), but for the wife of a monarch.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (皇后):

Others:

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 6
ごう
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(こう)(ごう) (kōgōくわうごう (kwaugou)?

  1. empress consort

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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皇后 (hwanghu) (hangeul 황후)

  1. hanja form? of 황후 (empress)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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皇后

  1. chữ Hán form of hoàng hậu (empress consort).