Where does “天皇” come from?

天皇 (Old Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 君 — emperor; lord, master → sovereign.

天皇 (Old Japanese): a sovereign who governs a region; a term of...

Definitions

  1. a sovereign who governs a region; a term of...

Ancestry of “天皇”, step by step

天皇 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japaneseemperor; lord, master → sovereign

via Old Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old JapaneseHighness

Words derived from “天皇

Every word from Old Japanese