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

• 皇(こう)后(ごう) (kōgō)
• 皇(こう)太(たい)后(こう) (kōtaikō)
• 太(たい)皇(こう)太(たい)后(こう) (taikōtaikō)