宮

Glyph origin

 * many rooms under a roof — a mansion.

Etymology
STEDT compares it with Proto-Sino-Tibetan ; see there for hypothesized cognates.

Definitions

 * 1)  house; mansion; dwelling
 * 2)  palace
 * 3)  temple; shrine
 * 4)  the first note of the Chinese pentatonic scale
 * 5)  castration as a punishment
 * 6)  to surround; to encircle
 * 1)  the first note of the Chinese pentatonic scale
 * 2)  castration as a punishment
 * 3)  to surround; to encircle
 * 1)  castration as a punishment
 * 2)  to surround; to encircle

Usage notes
In reference to temples, is used for  considered to rank highly in the celestial bureaucracy, such as  who was honored by the  as the "Queen of Heaven" after their successful. In earlier history, it also referred to shrines.

Synonyms




Kanji

 * 1) a shrine; a palace

Compounds

 * , : gecko

Etymology 1
→ /miya/

From. A compound of or.

Noun

 * 1)  the place where a god resides: a shrine
 * Miya. ミヤ (宮) 神 (Camis)の社.
 * 1)  a temple holding a Buddhist statue
 * 2) the place where a ruler resides: a palace
 * Miya. ミヤ (宮) 国王の子. また, 国王の宮殿
 * 1) a member of the imperial family
 * Miya. ミヤ (宮) 国王の子. また, 国王の宮殿
 * 1) a member of the imperial family
 * Miya. ミヤ (宮) 国王の子. また, 国王の宮殿
 * Miya. ミヤ (宮) 国王の子. また, 国王の宮殿

Proper noun

 * 1) an old name for a region in the Atsuta area of, , where the  is located
 * 1) an old name for a region in the Atsuta area of, , where the  is located

Etymology 2
From. Compare modern 🇨🇬 reading kiong.

Noun

 * 1) a palace
 * 2)  the keynote or tonic of a musical scale, such as  in the    scale notation of solfège
 * : literally “palace punishment”, this consisted of castration for men and sequestration in the palace for women
 * 1)  a zodiac sign or house, defined as one-twelfth of the circle of the ecliptic

Etymology
From.

Han character

 * 1) palace