王 (wáng)
surname Wang/king
How 王 is written
- Strokes
- 4
- Traditional
- 王
- Simplified
- 王 (unchanged)
王 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- wáng
- surname Wang
- wàng
- to rule; to reign over
Common words using 王
- 女王 nǚwáng
- queen
- 王子 wángzǐ
- prince; son of a king
- 王道 wángdào
- the Way of the King; statecraft; benevolent rule
- 君王 jūnwáng
- sovereign king
- 國王 guówáng
- king; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 大王 dàwáng
- king; magnate; person having expert skill in something
- 天王 tiānwáng
- emperor; god; Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title
- 帝王 dìwáng
- regent; monarch
- 猴王 hóuwáng
- Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 ji4]
- 王八 wángbā
- tortoise; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel
- 王八蛋 wángbādàn
- bastard (insult); son of a bitch
- 王冠 wángguān
- crown
王 in a sentence
王先生是我們的新老師。
Wáng xiānshēng shì wǒmen de xīn lǎoshī.
“Mr. Wang is our new teacher.”
How common is 王?
王 is the 299th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 64.6% of all running text.
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