왕

왕 U+C655, 왕 HANGUL SYLLABLE WANG Composition: ㅇ + ㅘ + ㅇ ← 왔 [U+C654] Hangul Syllables 왖 → [U+C656]

와왁왂왃완왅왆 왇왈왉왊왋왌왍 왎왏왐왑왒왓왔 왕왖왗왘왙왚왛
오 ←	→ 왜

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 王, from the Middle Korean reading 와ᇰ (Yale: wàng).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [wa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [왕]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	wang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	wang
McCune–Reischauer?	wang
Yale Romanization?	wang

Noun

왕 • (wang) (hanja 王)

1. king; monarch

   Synonym: 임금 (imgeum)

2. (card games) king

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 王 for Sino-Korean compounds of 왕 (王, wang).