三后

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三 后
さん
Grade: 1
こう
Grade: 6
kan’on

Etymology

三 (san, “three”) +‎ 后 (kō, “consort”)

Noun

三(さん)后(こう) • (sankō) 

  1. (East Asian monarchy, of the reigning emperor) the empress consort, the empress dowager and the grand empress dowager
    Synonym: 三宮 (sangū)

See also

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