# 殿下
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): diànxià
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): din$^6$ haa$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thien-ha
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-hā
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: diànxià
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: diànsià
*** Wade–Giles: tien$^4$-hsia$^4$
*** Yale: dyàn-syà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannshiah
*** Palladius: дянься (djanʹsja)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$奠下 殿下
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: din$^6$ haa$^6$
*** Yale: dihn hah
*** Cantonese Pinyin: din$^6$ haa$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: din$^6$ ha$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiːn²² haː²²/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$奠下 殿下
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thien-ha
*** Hakka Romanization System: tien ha
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tian$^4$ ha$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en⁵⁵ ha⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-hā
*** Tâi-lô: tiān-hā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diexnha
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ ha²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² ha⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ ha²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ ha³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ ha³³/

### Noun

殿下
* Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 殿(でん)下(か) (denka)
* → Korean: 전하(殿下) (jeonha)
* → Vietnamese: điện hạ (殿下)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 殿 | 下 |
| てん Grade: S | か > が Grade: 1 |
| kan'on ||
Kanji in this term :
| 殿 | 下 |
| でん Grade: S | か Grade: 1 |
| goon | kan'on |

### Etymology

Literary Chinese 殿下 (diànxià)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) でんか [déꜜǹkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [dẽ̞ŋka̠]

### Noun

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

#### Usage notes

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.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 殿 | 下 |

### Noun

殿下 • (jeonha) (hangeul 전하)
* hanja form of 전하 (“Your/His/Her Highness, Your/His Eminence”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 殿 | 下 |

### Noun

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