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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shànghuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shànghuáng
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-huang²
    • Yale: shàng-hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqhwang
    • Palladius: шанхуан (šanxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ wong⁴
    • Yale: seuhng wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² wɔːŋ²¹/

Noun

上皇

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

Proper noun

上皇

1. (archaic) Fuxi

Japanese

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

Noun

上(じょう)皇(こう) • (jōkō) 

1. Short for 太上天皇.
2. emperor emeritus, a living former emperor
   • 2019 May 1, “天(てん)皇(のう)陛(へい)下(か)が即(そく)位(い)、お言(こと)葉(ば)で「国(こく)民(みん)を思(おも)い、国(こく)民(みん)に寄(よ)り添(そ)う」と [His Imperial Majesty the Emperor ascends, says ‘thinking of the people, joining with the people’]”, in BBC News Japan‎^[1]:

     新(しん)天(てん)皇(のう)の即(そく)位(い)によって上(じょう)皇(こう)、上(じょう)皇(こう)后(ごう)となったご夫(ふ)妻(さい)は、今(こん)後(ご)は一(いっ)切(さい)の公(こう)務(む)から退(しりぞ)く。
     日(に)本(ほん)政(せい)府(ふ)が定(さだ)めた「上(じょう)皇(こう)」、「上(じょう)皇(こう)后(ごう)」の英(えい)語(ご)表(ひょう)記(き)はそれぞれ、「Emperor Emeritus」、「Empress Emerita」。

     Shin tennō no sokui ni yotte jōkō, jōkōgō to natta go-fusai 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’ shall be ‘Emperor Emeritus’ and ‘Empress Emerita’ respectively.