皇后

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 皇 后
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 唐 (102) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 胡光切 胡遘切
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɣwɑŋ/ /ɣə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		huáng hòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wong4 hau6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 皇 后
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		huáng hòu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hwang › ‹ huwX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*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. * 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 皇 后
Reading # 1/1 2/2
No. 12696 5172
Phonetic
component 		王 后
Rime
group 		陽 侯
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		黃 𠋫
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡʷaːŋ/ /*ɡoːs/
Notes 禮王制鄭注冕屬，
金文象羽冠，王聲；或雲象日射輝則爲暀晃初文

Noun

皇后

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

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (皇后):

Others:

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

Noun

皇(こう)后(ごう) • (kōgō) ←くわうごう (kwaugou)?

  1. empress consort

See also

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
皇后

Noun

皇后 • (hwanghu) (hangeul 황후)

  1. hanja form? of 황후 (“empress”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
皇后

Noun

皇后

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