What is the meaning of 宮?

the place where a god resides: a shrine

a temple holding a Buddhist statue

the place where a ruler resides: a palace

a member of the imperial family

a surname

an old name for a region in the Atsuta area of Nagoya, Aichi prefecture, where the Atsuta Shrine is located

a palace

the keynote or tonic of a musical scale, such as do in the do re mi scale notation of solfège

short for 宮刑: literally “palace punishment”, this consisted of castration for men and sequestration in the palace for women

a zodiac sign or house, defined as one-twelfth of the circle of the ecliptic

Source: wiktionary.org