王 - Dong Chinese dictionary

wáng, wàng

king

Pictograph of an axe head, used as a symbol of the king's military authority.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

王

wáng

king, ruler; royal; surname; king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great

王

Wáng

surname Wang

王

wàng

to rule; to reign over

Most common words with 王

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	王	grand
	国王	king
	王子	prince
	女王	queen
	王八	tortoise

Component uses

Meaning component in 85 characters (1 verified)

皇珠玻玲璃斑璇玑璣琼瓊琳珊琐瑣瑜瑶瑤琢琉珀瑛琪瑚琦琛噩瑙琅瑯珂珑瓏瑾璐琏瑕珥璞瓒玷璜琥琨珞琬璨瑁璀玮瑋珈珏玖琰瑭珩琮珐玳珲瓔璎玢玎瑷璦璩瑗珉珙玟琚璁珧徴玗珤玓琊玡瑱瑄瓅璚

Sound component in 6 characters (2 verified)

往皇汪旺枉匡

Iconic component in 3 characters (3 verified)

金閏闰

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*ɢʷaŋ	hjwang	wáng	king
*ɢʷaŋ-s	hjwangH	wàng	be king

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 37.4499% of movies

652nd most common character in movies

299th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	4
Unicode	U+738B
Shuowen	“王，天下所歸往也。董仲舒曰：‘古之造文者，三畫而連其中謂之王。三者，天、地、人也；而參通之者，王也。’孔子曰：‘一貫三為王。’，古文王。”

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

季旭昇《說文新證》p.52

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