ヘイ

highness, steps (of throne)

JLPT1 G6 S10 F1429

# is line up + earth → neatly aligned earthen steps. 陛 adds 阜 piled earth → *steps* (of an imperial throne) → *imperial*. 陛 was devised to replace (a character not used independently in Japanese).

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