# 王者
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wángzhě
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄓㄜˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wong$^4$ ze$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ông-chiá
    (Teochew, Peng'im): uang$^5$ zia$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wángzhě
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄓㄜˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wángjhě
*** Wade–Giles: wang$^2$-chê$^3$
*** Yale: wáng-jě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangjee
*** Palladius: ванчжэ (vančžɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /wɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wong$^4$ ze$^2$
*** Yale: wòhng jé
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wong$^4$ dze$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wong$^4$ zé$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ông-chiá
*** Tâi-lô: ông-tsiá
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ongciar
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sia⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sia⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sia⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sia⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: uang$^5$ zia$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uâng tsiá
*** Sinological IPA : /uaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sia⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: hjwang tsyaeX
Rime :
| Character | 王 | 者 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (106) | 麻 (100) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 雨方切 | 章也切 |
| Baxter | hjwang | tsyaeX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦʉɐŋ/ | /t͡ɕia$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷiɐŋ/ | /t͡ɕia$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuɑŋ/ | /t͡ɕia$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuaŋ/ | /cia$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuaŋ/ | /t͡ɕia$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwaŋ/ | /t͡ɕĭa$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /iwaŋ/ | /t͡ɕi̯a$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wáng | zhě |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wong$^4$ | ze$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷaŋ tAʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷaŋ tjaːʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 王 | 者 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wáng | zhě |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hjwang › | ‹ tsyæ$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷaŋ/ | /*tAʔ/ |
| English | king | (nominalizing particle) |
| 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 | 王 | 者 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 12742 | 16960 |
| Phonetic component | 王 | 者 |
| Rime group | 陽 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 王 | 者 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷaŋ/ | /*tjaːʔ/ |
| Notes | | 說文古旅聲。甲金文象足印小坎積水， 爲瀦初文，用詹鄞鑫說 |

### Noun

王者
* (literary) king; monarch; emperor
    頭腦王者／头脑王者 ― tóunǎo wángzhě ― Mind/Brain King (a popular gaming application)
* (archaic, Confucianism) true king; kingly one (one who has lived up to the moral standards required to rule as a monarch)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 王者(おうじゃ) (ōja)
* → Korean: 왕자(王者) (wangja)
* → Vietnamese: vương giả (王者)

### Proper noun

王者
* (video games, informal) Short for 王者榮耀／王者荣耀 (Wángzhě Róngyào, “Honor of Kings”).

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 王 | 者 |
| おう Grade: 1 | しゃ > じゃ Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 王者 (kyūjitai)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おーじゃ [óꜜòjà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [o̞ːʑa̠]

### Noun

王(おう)者(じゃ) • (ōja)
* monarch
* champion