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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
王-bw.png
Japanese stroke order
王-jbw.png
Stroke order
王-order.gif

Etymology [edit]

王 王 王 王
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

Han character [edit]

(radical 96 +0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一土 (MG), four-corner 10104)

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  1. king, ruler
  2. royal
  3. a surname, listed eighth in the Baijiaxing

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 727, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20823
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1137, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1099, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+738B

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale wong4)


Japanese [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology [edit]

/wau/ > /woː/ > /oː/. Initial /w/ vanishes as the distinction between /o, wo/ was lost.

Noun [edit]

(hiragana おう, romaji ō, historical hiragana わう)

  1. the ruler of a nation; a king

Synonyms [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

See also [edit]



Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: wang, McCune-Reischauer: wang, Yale: wang)
  • Name (hangeul): 임금 (revised: imgeum, McCune-Reischauer: imgŭm, Yale: imkum)

Mandarin [edit]

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Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin wáng (wang2), Wáng (Wang2), Wade-Giles wang2, Wang2)


Middle Chinese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(*hiuɑng, hiuɑ̀ng)


Min Nan [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ ông)

Descendants [edit]

  • (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: Ong, Wong

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(vương, vướng)