• 宮殿きゅうでん — palace
• 神宮じんぐう — grand shrine
• 王宮おうきゅう — royal palace
• 宮中きゅうちゅう — Imperial Court
• 宮司ぐうじ — Shinto priest
• 宮みや — shrine, palace

宮 combines the radical 宀 (roof) with 呂 (a simplified structure element), representing a grand building with multiple rooms — originally indicating a place for gods or royalty. It carries both sacred and imperial connotations in words like 神宮 and 宮殿.