明君

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	monarch; lord; gentleman monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
simp. and trad. (明君)		明	君

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngjūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ gwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngjūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngjyun
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-chün¹
    • Yale: míng-jyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingjiun
    • Palladius: минцзюнь (minczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ gwan¹
    • Yale: mìhng gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ kʷɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mjaeng kjun

Rime
Character	明	君
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武兵切	舉云切
Baxter	mjaeng	kjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiæŋ/	/kɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiaŋ/	/kiun/
Shao Rongfen	/miaŋ/	/kiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋ/	/kun/
Li Rong	/miɐŋ/	/kiuən/
Wang Li	/mĭɐŋ/	/kĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɐŋ/	/ki̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng	jūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming4	gwan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mraŋ  C.qur/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mraŋ  klun/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	明	君
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	míng	jūn
Middle Chinese	‹ mjæng ›	‹ kjun ›
Old Chinese	/*mraŋ/	/*C.qur/
English	bright	lord; ruler
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	明	君
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9188	7289
Phonetic component	明	君
Rime group	陽	文
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	明	君
Old Chinese	/*mraŋ/	/*klun/

Noun

明君

1. (literary) wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (明君):

• → Japanese: 明君(めいくん) (meikun)
• → Korean: 명군(明君) (myeonggun)
• → Vietnamese: minh quân (明君)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
明	君
めい Grade: 2	くん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [me̞ːkɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

明(めい)君(くん) • (meikun) 

1. wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord

Korean

Hanja in this term
明	君

Noun

明君 • (myeonggun) (hangeul 명군)

1. Hanja form^? of 명군 (“wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
明	君

Noun

明君

1. chữ Hán form of minh quân (“upright monarch”).