Chinese symbol for “monarch”
君
jūn
monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
The closest CC-CEDICT match for monarch is 君 (jūn), defined as: monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “monarch”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 君主 | jūn zhǔ | monarch; sovereign |
| 国君 (國君) | guó jūn | monarch |
| 帝王 | dì wáng | regent; monarch |
| 后 | hòu | empress; queen |
| 辟 | bì | (literary) king; monarch; (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 君.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 君主 | jūn zhǔ | monarch; sovereign |
| 君子 | jūn zǐ | nobleman; person of noble character |
| 君王 | jūn wáng | sovereign king |
| 暴君 | bào jūn | tyrant; despot |
| 君主制 | jūn zhǔ zhì | monarchy |
| 瘾君子 (癮君子) | yǐn jūn zǐ | addict (esp. a heavy smoker or drug addict, often jocular or disparaging) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “monarch”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.