"太后" meaning in Japanese

See 太后 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ta̠iko̞ː] Forms: 太后 [canonical] (ruby: (たい), (こう)), taikō [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 太后 (MC thajH huwX|huwH). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=たいこう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|太后|id=1}} 太后 (MC thajH huwX|huwH) Head templates: {{ja-noun|たいこう}} 太(たい)后(こう) • (taikō)
  1. an empress dowager Categories (topical): Female people Synonyms: 皇太后
    Sense id: en-太后-ja-noun-CwAFTo9g Disambiguation of Female people: 50 50 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: 太后 • ^ [canonical] (ruby: (おお), (きさき)), 太后 [canonical] (ruby: (おお), (きさい)), ōkisaki [romanization], ofokisaki [romanization], ōkisai [romanization], ofokisai [romanization], おほきさき [hiragana, historical], おほきさい [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Extension of 大后 (ōkisaki, “empress”), also read as later ōkisai. Head templates: {{ja-noun|おお%きさき|head=太%后|hhira=おほきさき}} 太(おお)后(きさき) • (ōkisaki) ^(←おほきさき (ofokisaki)?), {{ja-noun|おおきさい|hhira=おほきさい}} 太(おお)后(きさい) • (ōkisai) ^(←おほきさい (ofokisai)?)
  1. (archaic) an empress dowager Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Female people, Monarchy Derived forms: 皇太后宮 (ōkisai no miya) (ruby: 皇太后(おおきさいの), (みや))
    Sense id: en-太后-ja-noun-CwAFTo9g1 Disambiguation of Female people: 50 50 Disambiguation of Monarchy: 43 57 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 34 66 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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