Japanese symbol for “nawab”
藩王
はんおう
Romaji: han'ou
maharaja; maharajah; nawab
In Japanese, nawab is 藩王, read はんおう (han'ou).
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Meanings
- n maharaja; maharajah; nawab
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 藩主 | はんしゅ hanshu | feudal lord; daimyo |
| 藩士 | はんし hanshi | retainer of a daimyo |
| 藩政 | はんせい hansei | domain administration (Edo period); clan administration |
| 脱藩 | だっぱん dappan | becoming a lordless samurai |
| 廃藩置県 | はいはんちけん haihanchiken | abolition of the han system and establishment of prefectures (1871) |
| 藩校 | はんこう hankou | han school; school established by a daimyo for educating the children of the domain's retainers |
| 王子 | おうじ ouji | prince |
| 女王 | じょおう joou | queen; female monarch; female sovereign |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.