中宮

ちゅうぐう

Meanings

1. Noun the Empress, the Empress Dowager and the Grand Empress Dowager See also: 三后 (さんこう).
2. emperor's second consort
3. empress; palace of the empress
4. building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground
5. demesne of the imperial palace See also: 皇居 (こうきょ).

Kanji

• 中 middle. Read as チュウ.
• 宮 palace. Read as グウ.

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