palace · lord

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 殿 has 13 strokes and appears in words for palaces and sedimentation.
• Basic usage: 宮殿 is read きゅうでん, and 沈殿 is read ちんでん.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A building and the process of settling
  • 宮殿の広間 means a large hall in a palace.
  • In 泥が瓶の底に沈殿した, mud settled at the bottom of a bottle.
• What settles and where
  • In the sedimentation example, が marks the substance that settled, while に marks where it accumulated.