上皇

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	emperor; surname
simp. and trad. (上皇)		上	皇
anagram		皇上

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shànghuáng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ wong⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shànghuáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqhwang
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shànghuáng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ xwɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ wong⁴
  - Yale: seuhng wòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ wong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ wong⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sœ̽ːŋ²² wɔːŋ²¹/

Noun

上皇

(archaic) God of heaven; Lord of Heaven; celestial emperor
(archaic) father of the emperor

Proper noun

上皇

(archaic) Fuxi

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	皇
じょう Grade: 1	こう Grade: 6
goon	kan’on

Noun

上皇 (hiragana じょうこう, rōmaji jōkō)

emperor emeritus, a living former emperor
- 2019 May 1, “Tennō hēka ga sokui, o-kotoba de ‘kokumin o omoi, kokumin ni yori sō’ to [His Majesty the Emperor assends, says ‘thinking of the people, joining with the people’]”, in BBC News Japan‎:
  
  新 (しん)天皇 (てんのう)の即位 (そくい)によって上皇 (じょうこう)、上皇后 (じょうこうごう)となったご夫妻 (ふさい)は、今後 (こんご)は一切 (いっさい)の公務 (こうむ)から退 (しりぞ)く。¶日本 (にほん)政府 (せいふ)が定 (さだ)めた「上皇 (じょうこう)」、「上皇后 (じょうこうごう)」の英語 (えいご)表記 (ひょうき)はそれぞれ、「EmperorEmeritus」、「EmpressEmerita」。
  Shin tennō no sokui ni yotte jōkō, jōkōgō to natta gofusai wa, kongo wa issai no kōmu kara shirizoku. ¶ Nihon seifu ga sadameta “jōkō”, “jōkōgō” no eigo hyōki wa sorezore, “Emperor Emeritus”, “Empress Emerita”.
  From the new emperor’s enthronement the couple who are now jōkō and jōkōgō will withdraw completely from public duties. ¶ The Japanese government has determined that the English translations of ‘jōkō’ and ‘jōkōgō’ are ‘Emperor Emeritus’ and ‘Empress Emerita’ respectively.

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