君 (gwan1 | jun1) : sovereign; monarch; ruler; king; lord

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君

gwan1

jun1

[1] [n] sovereign; monarch; ruler; king; lord [2] you (used in addressing a male in formal speech) [3] a gentleman; Mr.

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Stroke count: 7

Level: 2

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

君

This word has been viewed 10219 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Jul 2009 16:49

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儲君 cyu5 gwan1 chu3 jun1 = heir apparent to a throne

君王 gwan1 wong4 jun1 wang2 = monarch; soverign

偽君子 ngai6 gwan1 zi2 wei3 jun1 zi3 = hypocrite

君權 gwan1 kyun4 jun1 quan2 = monarchial power

君子 gwan1 zi2 jun1 zi3 = gentleman; honourable person; nobleman; person of noble character/virtue

君主政治 gwan1 zyu2 zing3 zi6 jun1 zhu3 zheng4 zhi4 = monarchy

君主 gwan1 zyu2 jun1 zhu3 = monarch; sovereign

暴君 bou6 gwan1 = despot

聽君一席話,勝讀十年書 ting3 gwan1 jat1 zik6 waa6, sing3 duk6 sap6 nin4 syu1 = Listening to what you said is better than studying for 10 years

國君 gwok3 gwan1 guo2 jun1 = monarch
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Decimal representation of this word: 君
Unicode code for this character: U+541b (off-site link)

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