王 — Chinese character
王
wáng
king, ruler; royal; surname
- Pinyin
- wáng
- Radical
- 96 ⽟ (Jade)
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- 一 土
- Formation
- ideographic — A man 十 bridging heaven and earth (both 一)
- Japanese
- 王 as a kanji
Common words with 王
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国王 (國王) | guó wáng | king |
| 王国 (王國) | wáng guó | kingdom; realm |
| 女王 | nǚ wáng | queen |
| 王子 | wáng zǐ | prince; son of a king |
| 王朝 | wáng cháo | dynasty |
| 亲王 (親王) | qīn wáng | prince |
| 王室 | wáng shì | royal family; royal household |
| 大王 | dà wáng | king; magnate |
| 大王 | dài wang | robber baron (in opera, old stories); magnate |
| 王者 | wáng zhě | king; emperor; (fig.) the best; champion |
| 帝王 | dì wáng | regent; monarch |
| 王牌 | wáng pái | (card games) trump card; (fig.) ace; star player; top performer; best asset; secret weapon |
English words written with 王
王 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 11 · Analects 7 · Art of War 2 · I Ching 19 · Mencius 319 · Zhuangzi 174 · Great Learning 2 · Doctrine of the Mean 16
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 25
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 32
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 37
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 39
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 42
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 66
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 78
- Analects 1.12
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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