王

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/玉
 * 仼, 㕵, 𡉠, 彺, 忹, 抂, 汪, 狂, 旺, 枉, 𤆦, 𥘛, 𮀍, 𮂴, 𥿁, 蚟, 𧥶, 𧴽, 軖, 𬫃, 𩵭, 迋, 尪, 尫, 㒬, 尩, 𪼷, 䶭, 𮨧, 頊 (顼), 鳿, 𰀤
 * 兲, 丟, 弄, 𣅨, 𪳈, 主, 全, 𦍌, 呈, 𡭤, 㞷, 𦬬, 𭥕, 𭩜, 皇, 𦊄, 䍿, 𦤃, 望, 𩂊, 聖, 朢, 𭼆, 匡, 囯, 閏 (闰), 𪡅, 噩, 𧘦, 㝙, 寚, 㴏, 鬥

Glyph origin
The traditional interpretation is that the three horizontal strokes represent Heaven, Man and Earth. The vertical stroke is the king, the one who connects them together. Older representation of the character shows a man like or  above a horizontal stroke.

The modern interpretation is that the character is a of either an axe or a crown, one of two symbols of the king's power. A ceremonial axe was kept near the throne, and was used for performing rituals in ancient China.

Compare the unrelated and.

Etymology 1
. There are many proposed etymologies:
 * compare it to 🇨🇬.
 * compares it to 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, which derive from . However, reconstructing the 🇨🇬 as *waŋ, he notes the mismatch between Old Chinese *w- vs. Tibetan *b- (unless *dw- can become db-; for possible *b- ~ * w- variation, see ). He also compares it to.
 * alternatively proposes a connection to 🇨🇬,, which he considers to be cognate with 🇨🇬. This is perhaps supported by a where 王 refers to a place, not the  king . The semantic shift from "palace" to "king" parallels 🇨🇬, from  + . The connection to the 🇨🇬 word would thus relate it to 🇨🇬, which is part of a larger 🇨🇬 word family, including  and .  connects 王 with , which  connects to this word family.
 * Speculations exist about its connection to and, based on theories about the connection between ancient Chinese kingship and shamanism.

Definitions

 * 1) king; monarch
 * 2) duke; prince
 * 3) best or strongest of its kind
 * 4) chief; head; ringleader
 * 5)  king
 * 6)  king
 * 7)  grand; great
 * 8)   to see the emperor
 * : Wang; Wong; Ong; Heng
 * 1) chief; head; ringleader
 * 2)  king
 * 3)  king
 * 4)  grand; great
 * 5)   to see the emperor
 * : Wang; Wong; Ong; Heng
 * 1)  grand; great
 * 2)   to see the emperor
 * : Wang; Wong; Ong; Heng
 * : Wang; Wong; Ong; Heng

Descendants
Others:
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Etymology 2
with a denominalizing *-s suffix.

Definitions

 * 1)  to reign; to rule, to be a king

Etymology 1
→ → * →

From.

Noun

 * 1) a king, especially one who is not East Asian or was East Asian in pre-imperial times; in China and Vietnam, generally a king before Qin Shi Huangdi who invented the title ; in Korea, one of the many kings before the Korean Empire which was modeled after Japan's; in Japan, one of the rulers before Emperor Jinmu
 * 2) an East Asian queen regnant
 * 3) a nobility title for a Chinese or Vietnamese prince, bestowed on one of the 's adult sons, brothers, or nephews, especially as a coming-of-age title, generally comes with an estate ("principality"); compare  and
 * 4) a Japanese prince's son
 * 1) a nobility title for a Chinese or Vietnamese prince, bestowed on one of the 's adult sons, brothers, or nephews, especially as a coming-of-age title, generally comes with an estate ("principality"); compare  and
 * 2) a Japanese prince's son
 * 1) a nobility title for a Chinese or Vietnamese prince, bestowed on one of the 's adult sons, brothers, or nephews, especially as a coming-of-age title, generally comes with an estate ("principality"); compare  and
 * 2) a Japanese prince's son
 * 1) a Japanese prince's son
 * 1) a Japanese prince's son

Usage notes

 * An East Asian queen regnant (except in Korea) has the same title as a king, not specifically a “queen (regnant)” like in European languages. Similarly, an empress regnant has the same title as an emperor.

Affix

 * 1) king

Etymology 2
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  an ancient Korean king

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) a king
 * 2) an East Asian queen regnant
 * 3) an East Asian sovereign prince

Usage notes

 * An East Asian queen regnant (except in Korea) has the same title as a king, not specifically a “queen (regnant)” like in European languages. Similarly, an empress regnant has the same title as an emperor.

Affix

 * 1) king

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) an ancient Korean king

Descendants

 * , in modern Japanese dictionaries