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皇 means 'emperor'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 385   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-1    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 69 words   Used in 114 words   Used in 413 names   Component in 22 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   コウ   オウ
Additional readings
Name    おうじ   おお   み
Components
⿱  白 white  王 king  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 皇 is used 8 times, read 2 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 皇 is used 83 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation). 2 words use a non-standard reading.
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コウ : 77 words FIND ALL
こ う ご う 3
(Japanese) empress; queen
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オウ : 3 words FIND ALL
ほ う お う 3
noun
1. ex-emperor who becomes a monk
2. (Catholic) Pope; religious leader
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み: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
imperial prince  (see also: 女御子; archaic)
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Part of a non-standard reading: 2 words. FIND ALL
て ん の う 4
noun
Emperor of Japan
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An additional 2 less common words include 皇 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 871 (originally: 861)  Joy o' Kanji : 861  Key to Kanji: 330 

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皇
コウ   オウ    emperor   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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