尊王

Chinese

		to honour	king; Wang (proper name)
trad. (尊王)		尊	王
simp. #(尊王)		尊	王

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zūnwáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄣ ㄨㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zūnwáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄣ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zunwáng
    • Wade–Giles: tsun¹-wang²
    • Yale: dzwūn-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuenwang
    • Palladius: цзуньван (czunʹvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/

Verb

尊王

1. to revere the emperor

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 尊王

1. reverence for the emperor

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Japanese

Alternative forms

• 尊皇

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
尊	王
そん Grade: 6	おう > のう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Originally from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound 尊王 (*t͡zuən *hiuɑng, “revere the king”), probably from the phrase 尊王攘夷 (*t͡zuən *hiuɑng *njaŋ *i, “revere the king, expel the barbarians”), appearing in Chinese literature beginning in the Warring States period, some time between 475 BC and 221 BC.

In Japanese, 尊王 and 尊皇 are both read as sonnō and have mostly the same meaning (“revere the ruler”). The 尊皇 spelling might be preferred in Japanese contexts, as Japan has historically had an emperor (皇) instead of a king (王).

The ō reading for 王 changes to nō as an instance of renjō (連声).

Noun

尊(そん)王(のう) • (sonnō) ^{←そんわう (son'wau)?}

1. reverence for the emperor

Derived terms

• 尊王論(そんのうろん) (sonnōron): royalism, a belief in the supremacy of the monarchy
• 尊王(そんのう)攘(じょう)夷(い) (sonnō jōi): revere the emperor, kick out the barbarians (nationalist slogan)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
尊	王
そん Grade: 6	おう Grade: 1
on'yomi

The older reading for this term, without renjō (連声, “sandhi”).

Noun

尊(そん)王(おう) • (son'ō) ^{←そんわう (son'wau)?}

1. (rare, archaic) reverence for the emperor