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陛

陛 — pye

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
대궐섬돌 폐
Romanization
pye
English
steps leading throne; throne
Mandarin
bì
Japanese on'yomi
ヘイ, ベイ, ヒ, ビ
Japanese kun'yomi
きざはし
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#1,429 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
阜 (170, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+965B

How 陛 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 陛 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 阜, 坒.

Korean example words with 陛

  • 천폐天陛 Korean gloss: 제왕이 있는 궁전의 섬돌
  • 당폐堂陛 Korean gloss: 임금과 신하를 비유적으로 이르는 말
  • 고폐高陛 Korean gloss: 높은 층계.
  • 폐하陛下 Korean gloss: 뜰의 층계 아래.
  • 단폐丹陛 Korean gloss: ‘대궐’을 달리 이르는 말.
  • 전폐殿陛 Korean gloss: 궁전(宮殿)으로 오르는 계단의 섬돌.
  • 폐견陛見 Korean gloss: 군주제 국가에서, 폐하(陛下)의 접견을 이르는 말.
  • 납폐納陛 Korean gloss: 중국에서, 천자가 특히 공로가 큰 제후와 대신에게 하사하던 물품의 하나.
  • 사폐하다辭陛 Korean gloss: 먼 길을 떠날 사신(使臣)이 임금께 하직 인사를 드리다.
  • 금상폐하今上陛下 Korean gloss: 현재 집정하고 있는 황제를 높여 이르는 말.
  • 당폐지존堂陛之尊 Korean gloss: 왕의 존귀함은 마루와 같이 높고, 신하들은 뜰처럼 낮음을 의미하는 말.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 陛

  • 陛下へいか Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
  • 天皇陛下てんのうへいか His Majesty the Emperor
  • 陛衛へいえい Imperial guard
  • 両陛下りょうへいか their Majesties the Emperor and Empress
  • 皇后陛下こうごうへいか Her Majesty the Empress
  • 今上陛下きんじょうへいか His Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor
  • 女王陛下じょおうへいか Her Majesty the Queen
  • 国王陛下こくおうへいか His Majesty the King
  • 王后陛下おうこうへいか Her Majesty the Queen
  • 上皇陛下じょうこうへいか retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor
  • 皇帝陛下こうていへいか His Imperial Majesty; Your Imperial Majesty
  • 上皇后陛下じょうこうごうへいか retired empress; ex-empress; former empress

Other hanja read “폐”

Other hanja with radical 阜

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