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See also: 𤣩, 𡈼, 壬, 玉, 主, and 𘬄

王	U+738B, 王 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-738B

← 玊
[U+738A]

CJK Unified Ideographs Category:CJK Unified Ideographs block#*0000029579

玌 →
[U+738C]

Category:Han script characters#%20

王	U+2F929, 王 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F929

← 獺
[U+2F928]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement Category:CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement block#*0000194857

㺬 →
[U+2F92A]

Category:Unspecified script characters#%20

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order (Japan)

Stroke order

Han character

王Category:Translingual lemmas#玉-1王 Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#玉-1王 Category:Translingual symbols#玉-1王 Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#玉-1王 Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#玉-1王 Category:Pages with entries#王 Category:Pages with 7 entries#王 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+-1, 4 strokes, Cangjie input 一土 (MG), four-corner 1010₄, composition ⿱一土)Category:Han script characters#玉-1王 Category:Translingual Han characters with definition lines#玉

Category:Shuowen radicals#玉-9 Category:Translingual terms with redundant sortkeys#玉-9Shuowen Jiezi radical number 5.

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/玉
仼, 㕵, 彺, 忹, 抂, 汪, 狂, 旺, 枉, 蚟, 軖, 迋, 尪, 尫, 㒬, 尩, 䶭, 頊(顼), 鳿
兲, 丟, 弄, 主, 全, 呈, 㞷, 皇, 䍿, 望, 聖, 朢, 匡, 囯, 閏(闰), 噩, 㝙, 寚, 㴏, 鬥

Additional Derived Characters

𡉠, 𤆦, 𰀤, 𥘛, 𮀍, 𮂴, 𥿁, 𧥶, 𧴽, 𬫃, 𩵭, 𪼷, 𮨧
𣅨, 𪳈, 𦍌, 𡭤, 𦬬, 𭥕, 𭩜, 𦊄, 𦤃, 𩂊, 𭼆, 𪡅, 𧘦

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 727, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20823
Dae Jaweon: page 1137, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1099, character 10
Unihan data for U+738B

Unihan data for U+2F929

Chinese

simp. and trad.		王
alternative forms		𠙻

Wikipedia has articles on:

王姓 (Chinese)
Wang (surname) (English)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 王
Shang		Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)		Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Ancient script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (王) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
皇	*ɡʷaːŋ
惶	*ɡʷaːŋ
遑	*ɡʷaːŋ
堭	*ɡʷaːŋ
煌	*ɡʷaːŋ
餭	*ɡʷaːŋ
騜	*ɡʷaːŋ
艎	*ɡʷaːŋ
隍	*ɡʷaːŋ
湟	*ɡʷaːŋ
徨	*ɡʷaːŋ
篁	*ɡʷaːŋ
蝗	ɡʷaːŋ, ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs
凰	*ɡʷaːŋ
偟	*ɡʷaːŋ
媓	*ɡʷaːŋ
韹	ɡʷaːŋ, ɡʷraːŋ
葟	*ɡʷaːŋ
皝	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
汪	qʷaːŋ, qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ
尪	*qʷaːŋ
迋	kʷaŋʔ, kʰʷaŋ, ɡʷaŋ, ɢʷaŋs
逛	*kʷaŋʔ
誑	kʷaŋs, ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs
匡	*kʰʷaŋ
筐	*kʰʷaŋ
框	*kʰʷaŋ
眶	*kʰʷaŋ
誆	kʰʷaŋ, ɡʷaŋs
邼	*kʰʷaŋ
恇	*kʰʷaŋ
劻	*kʰʷaŋ
洭	*kʰʷaŋ
軭	kʰʷaŋ, ɡʷaŋ
狂	ɡʷaŋ, ɡʷaŋs
軖	*ɡʷaŋ
鵟	*ɡʷaŋ
俇	*ɡʷaŋʔ
王	ɢʷaŋ, ɢʷaŋs
蚟	*ɢʷaŋ
彺	*ɢʷaŋ
旺	*ɢʷaŋs
諻	*qʰʷraːŋ
喤	qʰʷraːŋ, ɡʷraːŋ
瑝	*ɡʷraːŋ
鍠	*ɡʷraːŋ
揘	*ɡʷaŋ

Pictogram (象形)Category:Han pictograms#玉-9 of a ritual axe made perhaps of jade, symbols of the king's power. A ceremonial axe was kept near the throne, and was used for performing rituals in ancient China.

The traditional interpretation (most likely a folk etymology given the original appearance of the character) is that the character metaphorically indicates the king or emperor according to the ancient Chinese thought: three horizontal strokes represent Heaven, Man and Earth, and the vertical stroke is the king or emperor, the one who connects them together. However, compare 天 (tiān) (a man with a horizontal stroke above his head to indicate the sky).

Unrelated to 玉 (yù, “a string with three pieces of jade”) and 主 (“master”); partly related to 士 (a war axe and, perhaps, sometimes a variant of 王), to 戉 (an axe drawn vertically), to the inner component of 匡 (kuāng, “square‑shaped bamboo basket”), and to the right component of 往 (< 𢓸).

Etymology 1

UncertainCategory:Chinese terms with unknown etymologies#玉-9. There are many proposed etymologies:

Sagart and Baxter (2009) compare it to Tibetan གོང་མ (gong ma, “superior one”)Category:Tibetan terms with redundant transliterations#王.
Schuessler (2007) compares it to Tibetan དབང (dbang, “strength, power”)Category:Tibetan terms with redundant transliterations#王 and Burmese အန် (an, “strength, power”)Category:Burmese terms with redundant transliterations#王, which derive from Proto-Sino-Tibetan Category:Chinese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#玉-9 Category:Chinese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#玉-9 *d-baŋ (“strength, power”). However, reconstructing the Old Chinese as *waŋ, he notes the mismatch between Old Chinese *w- vs. Tibetan *b- (unless *dw- can become db-; for possible *b- ~ * w- variation, see 花). He also compares it to Proto-Northern Naga *waŋ (“chief”)Category:Undetermined language links#王.
Schuessler (2007) alternatively proposes a connection to Old Khmer vāṅ, vaṅ (modern Khmer វាំង (veăng), “royal palace”), which he considers to be cognate with Khmer ហ្លួង (hluŏng, “king”). This is perhaps supported by a bronze inscription where 王 refers to a place, not the Zhou king (Shaughnessy, 1991). The semantic shift from "palace" to "king" parallels Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ (“pharaoh”, literally “palace”), from pr (“house”) + ꜥꜣ (“great, big”). The connection to the Old Khmer word would thus relate it to Proto-Mon-Khmer *waŋ ~ *waaŋ (“enclosure; to go round”), which is part of a larger Austroasiatic word family, including 營 (OC *ɢʷeŋ) and 環 (OC *ɡʷraːn). Bodman (1980) connects 王 with 皇 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ, “sovereign”), which Schuessler (2007) connects to this word family.
Speculations exist about its connection to 尪 (OC *qʷaːŋ, “lame, crippled”) and 狂 (OC *ɡʷaŋ, “mad”), based on theories about the connection between ancient Chinese kingship and shamanism (Keightley, 1995).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wáng (wang²Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#王)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ

Category:Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wang²

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): wáng

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): вон (von, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wong⁴

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): wong⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): vong³
Gan (Wiktionary): uong⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): vòng

(Hailu, HRS): vong

(Meixian, Guangdong): vong²
Jin (Wiktionary): von¹
Northern Min (KCR): uâng
Eastern Min (BUC): uòng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): orng²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ông / n̂g

(Teochew, Peng'im): uang⁵ / hêng⁵

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): huang⁵ / hiang⁵
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): hung⁴
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶waon / ²waon / ²vaon / ²wan / ²yaon
- (Jinhua): ²uaon
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): uan²

(Loudi, Wiktionary): ng² / ueng²

(Hengyang, Wiktionary): uan²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wáng
  - Wade–Giles: wang²
  - Yale: wáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wang
  - Palladius: ван (van)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: wang²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: uong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ²¹/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: wáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ²⁴/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: вон (von, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vɑŋ²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wong⁴
  - Yale: wòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: wong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vɔŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: vong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vɔŋ²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: uong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uɔŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: vong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vong²
  - Sinological IPA: /voŋ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: vong
  - Sinological IPA: /voŋ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: vong²
  - Sinological IPA: /ʋɔŋ¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: von¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /vɒ̃¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: uâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: uòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uoŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri, Donghai)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: orng²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ó̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: orng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ông
  - Tâi-lô: ông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oong
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Singapore): /ɔŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen, dated in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: n̂g
  - Tâi-lô: n̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngg
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋ̍²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ŋ̍²⁴/

Note: ông - incl. surname.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uang⁵ / hêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uâng / hêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ⁵⁵/, /heŋ⁵⁵/

Note: hêng5 - surname.

- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: huang⁵ / hiang⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /huaŋ²²/, /hiaŋ²²/

Note:

huang5 - literary;
hiang5 - vernacular (incl. surname).

Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: hung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶waon
  - MiniDict: waon^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhuaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦuɑ̃²³/
- (Northern: Jiading, Chongming, Suzhou, Jiaxing, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ²waon
  - MiniDict: waon^平
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /ɦuɑ̃³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦuɑ̃²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦuɑ̃²²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /ɦuɑ̃³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /ɦuɒŋ²³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ɦuɔ̃³¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /ɦuɔ²²/
- (Northern: Songjiang)
  - Wugniu: ²vaon
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /βɒ̃³¹/
- (Northern: Changzhou, Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²wan
  - MiniDict: wan^平
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /ɦuaŋ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /ɦuæ̃²³/
- (Northern: Jiading, Chongming)
  - Wugniu: ²yaon
  - MiniDict: yaon^平
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /ɦiɑ̃³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦiɑ̃²⁴/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ²uaon
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /uɑŋ³¹³/

Note: 2yaon - surname.

Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: uan²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u̯an¹³/
- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: ng² / ueng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³/, /u̯ɤŋ¹³/

Note:

ng2 - vernacular;
ueng2 - literary.

- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: uan²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u̯an¹¹/

Middle Chinese: hjwang

Rime
Character	王
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	雨方切
Baxter	hjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuaŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣiuaŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/iwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷaŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	王
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wáng
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwang ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaŋ/
English	king
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	王
Reading #	1/2
No.	12742
Phonetic component	王
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	王
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaŋ/

Definitions

王Category:Chinese lemmas#玉-9 Category:Chinese hanzi#玉-9 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#玉-9 Category:Pages with entries#王 Category:Pages with 7 entries#王

king; monarch
國王／国王 ― guówáng ― king (of a nation)Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples

周成王 ― Zhōu Chéng Wáng ― King Cheng of ZhouCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

這位男孩被擁立為王。 [MSC, trad.]
这位男孩被拥立为王。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè wèi nánhái bèi yōnglì wéi wáng. [Pinyin]
The boy was proclaimed king.
Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples
duke; prince
王侯 ― wánghóu ― nobles; aristocrats (literally, “princes and marquises”)Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples

親王／亲王 ― qīnwáng ― princeCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

秦王李世民 ― Qín Wáng Lǐ Shìmín ― Li Shimin, the Prince of QinCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
best or strongest of its kind
拳王 ― quánwáng ― boxing championCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

百獸之王是獅子還是老虎？ [MSC, trad.]
百兽之王是狮子还是老虎？ [MSC, simp.]
Bǎishòu zhī wáng shì shīzǐ háishì lǎohǔ? [Pinyin]
Is the lion or the tiger the king of beasts?
Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples
chief; head; ringleader
擒賊先擒王／擒贼先擒王 ― qínzéixiānqínwáng ― to defeat the enemy, first catch their chiefCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
(chess Category:zh:Chess#玉-9) king
(graph theory Category:zh:Graph theory#玉-9) king (a vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2)
任意競賽圖都有一個王。 [MSC, trad.]
任意竞赛图都有一个王。 [MSC, simp.]
Rènyì jìngsàitú dōu yǒu yī ge wáng. [Pinyin]
In every tournament there exists a king.
Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese Category:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#玉-9) grand; great
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese Category:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#玉-9, of feudal monarchs) to see the emperor
a surname, Wang, Wong, Ong, or HengCategory:Chinese surnames#玉-9
王勃 ― Wáng Bó ― Wang Bo (Tang dynasty poet)Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples

王延政 ― Wáng Yánzhèng ― Wang Yanzheng (Emperor of Min)Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples

Synonyms

(chief):

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大佬 (dàlǎo)
波士 (bo¹ si^6-2, “boss”) (Cantonese)
老大 (lǎodà)
老頂 / 老顶 (lou⁵ ding²) (Cantonese)
阿head (aa³ het¹) (Cantonese)
阿大 (ādà)
阿頭 / 阿头 (aa³ tau^4-2) (Cantonese)
領導 / 领导 (lǐngdǎo)
領導人 / 领导人 (lǐngdǎorén)
領導者 / 领导者 (lǐngdǎozhě)
領袖 / 领袖 (lǐngxiù)
領頭 / 领头 (lǐngtóu) (literary)
頭 / 头 (tóu)
頭仔 / 头仔 (Hakka)
頭兒 / 头儿 (tóur) (colloquial)
頭子 / 头子 (tóuzi) (colloquial, pejorative)
頭手 / 头手 (Hokkien)
頭目 / 头目 (tóumù)
頭頭 / 头头 (tóutou) (colloquial)
首腦 / 首脑 (shǒunǎo)
首要 (shǒuyào)
首領 / 首领 (shǒulǐng)
龍頭 / 龙头 (lóngtóu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (王):

→ Japanese: 王(おう) (ō)
→ Okinawan: 王(をー) (wō)
→ Korean: 왕(王) (wang)
→ Vietnamese: vương (王Category:Vietnamese terms with redundant script codes#王)

Others:

→ Chagatai: وانک (wānk /⁠waŋ⁠/)
- Uyghur: ۋاڭ (wang)
→ Classical Mongolian: ᠸᠠᠩ (wang) (via Mandarin)
- Mongolian:
  Mongolian script: ᠸᠠᠩ (wang)
  
  Cyrillic script: ван (van)
- → Buryat: ван (van)
→ English: Wang (via Mandarin), Wong (via Cantonese), Ong (via Hokkien), Heng (via Teochew)
→ Iu Mien: hungh
→ Manchu: ᠸᠠᠩ (wang) (via Mandarin)
→ Middle Mongol: (via Early Mandarin)
Uigurjin script: ᠣᠩ (ʾwnk /⁠oŋ⁠/)Category:Middle Mongol terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#王
→ Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐽳𐽺𐽷 (oŋ) (via Early Mandarin)Category:Old Uyghur terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#王, 𐽳𐽰𐽺𐽷 (wʾnk /⁠waŋ⁠/) (via Early Mandarin)
- → Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷 (öŋ)Category:Old Uyghur terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#王
→ Tagalog: Ong (via Hokkien), Wong (via Cantonese), Wang (via Mandarin)
→ Thai: อ๋อง (ɔ̌ng) (via Hokkien)
→ Zhuang: vuengz

Compounds

一字王
三冠王
三王
不動明王 / 不动明王 (Bùdòng Míngwáng)
不犯王法
乃心王室
二帝三王
二朝王醮
二王
侯王 (Hóuwáng)
先王 (xiānwáng)
內聖外王 / 内圣外王
八王之亂 / 八王之乱 (Bā Wáng Zhī Luàn)
八王日
公子王孫 / 公子王孙
冥王 (míngwáng)
冥王星 (Míngwángxīng)
劃地為王 / 划地为王
劉王 / 刘王 (Liúwáng)
勤王 (qínwáng)
十殿閻王 / 十殿阎王
南面為王 / 南面为王
南面稱王 / 南面称王
反王
后王 (hòuwáng)
名王
吹牛大王 (chuīniú dàwáng)
君王 (jūnwáng)
哲王
四大天王 (sìdàtiānwáng)
國王 / 国王 (guówáng)
土霸王
地藏王
外王內帝 / 外王内帝 (wàiwángnèidì)
大王
大王椰子
天壤王郎
太王
天王 (tiānwáng)
天王巨星
天王星 (Tiānwángxīng)
天王殿
天王老子
女王 (nǚwáng)
女王蜂
孤王
孩子王 (háiziwáng)
孫王營 / 孙王营 (Sūnwángyíng)
孱王
富比王侯
尊王攘夷 (zūnwángrǎngyí)
小王子
小王爺 / 小王爷
小霸王 (xiǎobàwáng)
岱王溝 / 岱王沟 (Dàiwánggōu)
帝王 (dìwáng)
帝王之道
張王 / 张王 (Zhāngwáng)
張王李趙 / 张王李赵 (Zhāng-Wáng-Lǐ-Zhào)
後王 / 后王 (hòuwáng)
恥居王後 / 耻居王后
成者為王，敗者為寇 / 成者为王，败者为寇 (chéng zhě wéi wáng, bài zhě wéi kòu)
托塔天王
擒賊擒王 / 擒贼擒王 (qínzéiqínwáng)
敝屣王侯
文王課 / 文王课
明王 (míngwáng)
昭王墜屨 / 昭王坠屦
曳裾王門 / 曳裾王门
木王
朱王堡
果王
東王公 / 东王公
梵王宮 / 梵王宫
棋王 (qíwáng)
沒王法 / 没王法
法王 (fǎwáng)
活捉王魁
活閻王 / 活阎王 (huóyánwáng)
海王星 (Hǎiwángxīng)
海龍王 / 海龙王
混世魔王
淨飯王 / 净饭王 (Jìngfàn Wáng)
灶王爺 / 灶王爷 (zàowángyé)
無冕王 / 无冕王
燒王船 / 烧王船
牛皮大王 (niúpí dàwáng)
牛魔王 (niú mówáng)
猴孫王 / 猴孙王
猢猻大王 / 猢狲大王
猢猻王 / 猢狲王
王不見王 / 王不见王 (wángbùjiànwáng)
王事 (wángshì)
王人
王位 (wángwèi)
王佐之才
王侯 (wánghóu)
王侯將相 / 王侯将相 (wánghóujiàngxiàng)
王儲 / 王储 (wángchǔ)
王八
王八羔子 (wángbagāozi)
王八蛋
王八辮兒 / 王八辫儿
王公 (wánggōng)
王公大人
王公貴人 / 王公贵人
王公貴戚 / 王公贵戚
王冠 (wángguān)
王制
王化 (wánghuà)
王吉
王后 (wánghòu)
王命 (wángmìng)
王命旗牌
王商 (Wángshāng)
王喬 / 王乔
王喬騎鶴 / 王乔骑鹤
王國 / 王国 (wángguó)
王城 (wángchéng)
王大橋 / 王大桥 (Wángdàqiáo)
王女 (wángnǚ)
王妃 (wángfēi)
王子 (wángzǐ)
王子喬 / 王子乔
王子店 (Wángzǐdiàn)
王子晉 / 王子晋
王孫 / 王孙 (wángsūn)
王孫公子 / 王孙公子
王官
王室 (wángshì)
王宮 / 王宫 (wánggōng)
王家橋 / 王家桥 (Wángjiāqiáo)
王家畈 (Wángjiāfàn)
王寨 (Wángzhài)
王嶺 / 王岭 (Wánglǐng)
王師 / 王师 (wángshī)
王府 (wángfǔ)
王店 (Wángdiàn)
王度
王庭
王座 (wángzuò)
王廟 / 王庙 (Wángmiào)
王建
王敦擊壺 / 王敦击壶
王族 (wángzú)
王朝 (wángcháo)
王條 / 王条
王棕 (wángzōng)
王業 / 王业 (wángyè)
王母 (wángmǔ)
王母娘娘 (Wángmǔ Niángniang)
王母蟠桃
王氣 / 王气 (wángqì)
王水 (wángshuǐ)
王法 (wángfǎ)
王海 (Wánghǎi)
王漿 / 王浆
王灘 / 王滩 (Wángtān)
王父
王爺 / 王爷
王爺府 / 王爷府 (wángyefǔ)
王牌 (wángpái)
王瓜
王田
王留
王畿 (wángjī)
王祥臥冰 / 王祥卧冰
王綱 / 王纲 (wánggāng)
王義貞 / 王义贞 (Wángyìzhēn)
王考
王老五 (wánglǎowǔ)
王老莊 / 王老庄 (Wánglǎozhuāng)
王者 (wángzhě)
王者師 / 王者师
王者香
王英 (Wángyīng)
王莊 / 王庄 (Wángzhuāng)
王蓮 / 王莲
王虺
王謝 / 王谢
王貢彈冠 / 王贡弹冠
王跡 / 王迹
王道 (wángdào)
王集 (Wángjí)
王霸
王餘魚 / 王余鱼
王鮪 / 王鲔
白飯王 / 白饭王
白馬王 / 白马王
白馬王子 / 白马王子 (báimǎ wángzǐ)
百獸之王 / 百兽之王
百王
百花王
百谷王
盛王
目無王法 / 目无王法 (mùwúwángfǎ)
相王
神聊大王
祭王爺 / 祭王爷
禹王 (Yǔwáng)
秦王構石 / 秦王构石
稱王封后
稱王稱帝 / 称王称帝
稱王稱霸 / 称王称霸 (chēngwángchēngbà)
空中霸王
空王
童天王
素王 (sùwáng)
老王賣瓜 / 老王卖瓜
聚寶尊王 / 聚宝尊王
舉王 / 举王
花王 (huāwáng)
草頭大王 / 草头大王
藥王 / 药王 (Yàowáng)
藥王菩薩 / 药王菩萨 (Yàowáng Púsà)
蜂王 (fēngwáng)
蜂王乳
西王母 (Xīwángmǔ)
見閻王 / 见阎王 (jiàn Yánwáng)
親王 / 亲王 (qīnwáng)
覺王 / 觉王
謀王圖霸 / 谋王图霸
賊王八 / 贼王八
越王嘗蓼 / 越王尝蓼
跳灶王
輪王 / 轮王
轉輪聖王 / 转轮圣王
郡王 (jùnwáng)
錢王射潮 / 钱王射潮
錢王祠 / 钱王祠 (Qiánwángcí)
鍾王 / 钟王
閻王 / 阎王 (Yánwáng)
閻王帳 / 阎王帐
閻王殿 / 阎王殿 (Yánwángdiàn)
閻王爺 / 阎王爷 (Yánwángyé)
閻王老子 / 阎王老子
閻羅王 / 阎罗王 (Yánluó Wáng)
阿育王 (Āyùwáng)
陸王之學 / 陆王之学
霸王 (bàwáng)
霸王別姬 / 霸王别姬
霸王卸甲
霸王悲歌
霸王略
霸王鞭 (bàwángbiān)
霸王風月 / 霸王风月
馬明王 / 马明王
馬王 / 马王
馬王堆 / 马王堆 (Mǎwángduī)
魔王 (mówáng)
魔王夜叉
鳥王 / 鸟王
黑王相公
齊王捨牛 / 齐王舍牛
龍王 / 龙王 (Lóngwáng)
龍王埡 / 龙王垭 (Lóngwángyà)
龍王廟 / 龙王庙 (lóngwángmiào)

Etymology 2

王 (OC *ɢʷaŋ) with a denominalizing *-s suffix (Schuessler, 2007; Baxter and Sagart, 2014).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàng (wang⁴Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#王)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ
Category:Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ōng

(Teochew, Peng'im): uang⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàng
  - Wade–Giles: wang⁴
  - Yale: wàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanq
  - Palladius: ван (van)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wong⁶
  - Yale: wohng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōng
  - Tâi-lô: ōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ong
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: hjwangH

Rime
Character	王
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	于放切
Baxter	hjwangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ɣiuaŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwaŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/iwaŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷaŋ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷaŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	王
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wàng
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwang^H ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaŋ-s/
English	be king
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	王
Reading #	2/2
No.	12746
Phonetic component	王
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	迋
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaŋs/

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Definitions

王Category:Chinese lemmas#玉-9 Category:Chinese hanzi#玉-9 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#玉-9 Category:Pages with entries#王 Category:Pages with 7 entries#王

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese Category:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#玉-9) to reign; to rule, to be a king
- 不以王天下為己處顯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  不以王天下为己处显。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE
  Bù yǐ wàng tiānxià wèi jǐ chù xiǎn. [Pinyin]
  He would not desire to rule over the whole world as his own private distinction.
  Category:Classical Chinese terms with quotations
- 又彊令吳廣之次所旁叢祠中，夜篝火，狐鳴呼曰「大楚興，陳勝王」。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  又强令吴广之次所旁丛祠中，夜篝火，狐鸣呼曰「大楚兴，陈胜王」。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Yòu qiáng lìng Wú Guǎng zhī cì suǒ páng cóng cí zhōng, yè gōuhuǒ, hú míng hū yuē “Dà Chǔ xīng, Chén Shèng wàng”. [Pinyin]
  (Chen Sheng) also let Wu Guang go to the temple in the woods near the place they stationed. At night, they made a bonfire and shouted like foxes, “Great Chu prospers, Chen Sheng rules!”
  Category:Classical Chinese terms with quotations
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese Category:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#玉-9) alternative form of 旺 (wàng, “flourishing; prosperous”)
- 神雖王，不善也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  神虽王，不善也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE
  Shén suī wàng, bù shàn yě. [Pinyin]
  Though its spirit would (there) enjoy a royal abundance, it does not think (such confinement) good.
  Category:Classical Chinese terms with quotations

Compounds

王天下
王長 / 王长