# 君王
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jūnwáng
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄣ ㄨㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan$^1$ wong$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiûn-vòng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kun-ông
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jūnwáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄣ ㄨㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyunwáng
*** Wade–Giles: chün$^1$-wang$^2$
*** Yale: jyūn-wáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiunwang
*** Palladius: цзюньван (czjunʹvan)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwan$^1$ wong$^4$
*** Yale: gwān wòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwan$^1$ wong$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guen$^1$ wong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɐn⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûn-vòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: giun$^ˊ$ vong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giun$^1$ vong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯un²⁴ voŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun-ông
*** Tâi-lô: kun-ông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kun'oong
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kun⁴⁴⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³ ɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kun⁴⁴⁻²² ɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔŋ²³/
* Middle Chinese: kjun hjwang
Rime :
| Character | 君 | 王 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 文 (59) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 舉云切 | 雨方切 |
| Baxter | kjun | hjwang |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɨun/ | /ɦʉɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kiun/ | /ɦʷiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiuən/ | /ɣiuɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kun/ | /ɦuaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /kiuən/ | /ɣiuaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭuən/ | /ɣĭwaŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ki̯uən/ | /iwaŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jūn | wáng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwan$^1$ | wong$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qur ɢʷaŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*klun ɢʷaŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 君 | 王 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jūn | wáng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kjun › | ‹ hjwang › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.qur/ | /*ɢʷaŋ/ |
| English | lord; ruler | king |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 君 | 王 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 7289 | 12742 |
| Phonetic component | 君 | 王 |
| Rime group | 文 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 君 | 王 |
| Old Chinese | /*klun/ | /*ɢʷaŋ/ |

### Noun

君王
* king; emperor; monarch; sovereign; His Majesty
    From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
    Jūnwáng tǎo bìyì zhī zuì, yòu jīn ér shè zhī, shī yǔ, yǒuwú míng hū? [Pinyin]
    O ruler and king, ye came and punished the offences of our poor state. If the result of the campaign be that ye now pity and forgive it, will the campaign be without its (proper) name?
    From: 806 CE, Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret
    jūnwáng yǎn miàn jiù bùdé [Pinyin]
    His Majesty covered his face, for he could not save her.

#### Usage notes

Used in feudal times as a term of respect.

#### Synonyms

* 乘輿／乘舆 (literary, figurative)
* 人主 (rénzhǔ) (literary)
* 人君 (rénjūn) (literary)
* 人王 (rénwáng)
* 元首 (yuánshǒu)
* 君上 (jūnshàng) (literary)
* 君主 (jūnzhǔ)
* 君父 (jūnfù) (literary)
* 國君／国君 (guójūn)
* 國家／国家 (guójiā) (Classical Chinese)
* 大聖／大圣 (dàshèng) (literary)
* 大駕／大驾 (dàjià)
* 天子 (tiānzǐ) (Son of Heaven)
* 官家 (guānjiā) (archaic)
* 帝王 (dìwáng)
* 皇帝 (huángdì)
* 皇辟 (huángbì) (archaic, Son of Heaven)