殿下

殿下

1. Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness

Literary Chinese 殿下 (diànxià)

• (Tokyo) でんか [déꜜǹkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [dẽ̞ŋka̠]

殿(でん)下(か) or 殿(てん)下(が) • (denka or tenga) 

1. (rare, attributive) down the steps to the imperial palaces where the emperor's relatives live, looking up

   Coordinate terms: 閣下, 猊下, 陛下

2. (monarchy) Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness

   Coordinate terms: 閣下, 猊下, 陛下

   皇(こう)太(たい)子(し)殿(でん)下(か) / 皇(こう)嗣(し)殿(でん)下(か)

   Kōtaishi Denka / Kōshi Denka

   His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince

   三(み)笠(かさの)宮(みや)殿(でん)下(か)

   Mikasa no Miya Denka

   His Imperial Highness the Prince Mikasa

   敬(としの)宮(みや)殿(でん)下(か)

   Toshi no Miya Denka

   Her Imperial Highness the Princess Toshi

   秩(ちち)父(ぶの)宮(みや)妃(ひ)殿(でん)下(か)

   Chichibu no Miya Hidenka

   Her Imperial Highness the Princess (Consort) Chichibu

   高(たか)松(まつの)宮(みや)両(りょう)殿(でん)下(か)

   Takamatsu no Miya Ryōdenka

   Their Imperial Highnesses the Prince and Princess (Consort) Takamatsu

   エディンバラ公(こう)フィリップ王(おう)配(はい)殿(でん)下(か)

   Edinbara Kō Firippu Ōhai Denka

   His Royal Highness the Prince (Consort) Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

A form of address with various uses:

• Under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system, for the 皇太子 (Kōtaishi, “Crown Prince”) and the 三后 (Sankō, “Three Empresses”).
• After the Meiji era, for all members of the imperial family except the Emperor and Empresses are addressed as 陛下 (Heika, “His/Her Majesty”) instead.
• After the Heian period, also for 摂政 (sesshō, “regents”), 関白 (kanpaku, “chancellors”) and 将軍 (shōgun).
• For foreign kings, queens and sovereign princes.

殿下 • (jeonha) (hangeul 전하)

1. hanja form^? of 전하 (“Your/His/Her Highness, Your/His Eminence”)

殿下

1. chữ Hán form of điện hạ (“Your/His/Her Highness”)