Hanja Analyzer
王

王 — wang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
임금 왕
Romanization
wang
English
king, ruler; royal; surname
Mandarin
wáng
Japanese on'yomi
オウ
Japanese kun'yomi
きみ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 1
Newspaper frequency
#684 of 2,500
Strokes
4
Radical
玉 (96, -1 residual)
Unicode
U+738B

Korean example words with 王

  • 동왕同王 Korean gloss: 그 임금
  • 왕녀王女 Korean gloss: 왕의 딸
  • 왕가王家 Korean gloss: 왕의 집안
  • 왕기王氣 Korean gloss: 잘될 조짐
  • 제왕諸王 Korean gloss: 여러 임금
  • 현왕賢王 Korean gloss: 어진 임금
  • 국왕國王 Korean gloss: 나라의 임금
  • 선왕先王 Korean gloss: 선대의 임금
  • 왕령王令 Korean gloss: 임금의 명령
  • 왕릉王陵 Korean gloss: 임금의 무덤
  • 왕비王妃 Korean gloss: 임금의 아내
  • 왕사王使 Korean gloss: 임금의 사신

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 王

  • 王おう king; ruler; sovereign
  • 国王こくおう king; queen; monarch
  • 女王じょおう queen; female monarch; female sovereign
  • 王国おうこく kingdom; monarchy
  • 王子おうじ prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
  • 王座おうざ throne; first place; top spot
  • 王将おうしょう (senior player's) king; Ōshō (one of the eight major titles in professional shogi)
  • 王者おうじゃ king; monarch; ruler
  • 王室おうしつ royal family
  • 王朝おうちょう dynasty
  • 王様おうさま king
  • 竜王りゅうおう Dragon King; promoted rook

Characters sharing the phonetic 王

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “왕”

Other hanja with radical 玉

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