王

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Noun 3.4 Kanji 3.4.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Min Nan 7.1 Hanzi 7.1.1 Descendants 8 Vietnamese 8.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

[edit] Han character

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

1. king, ruler
2. royal
3. (in China) used as a surname (Mandarin character of Wong)

[edit] References

• 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

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

王 (Yale wong4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /oː/

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

王 (hiragana おう, romaji ō, historical hiragana わう)

1. the ruler of a nation; a king

[edit] Kanji

王 (grade 1 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: おう (ō)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

王
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 왕 (revised: wang, McCune-Reischauer: wang, Yale: wang)

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

王 (pinyin wáng (wang2), Wade-Giles wang²)

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

王 (*hiuɑng, hiuɑ̀ng)

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Hanzi

王 (POJ ông)

[edit] Descendants

• (Hokkien dialect) Filipino: Ong, Wong

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

王 (vương, vướng)