# 弒君
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shìjūn
    (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄩㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): si$^3$ gwan$^1$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): si$^4$ gong$^1$ / si$^4$ guong$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sì-kun / chhì-kun
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shìjūn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄩㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shìhjyun
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^4$-chün$^1$
*** Yale: shr̀-jyūn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjiun
*** Palladius: шицзюнь (šiczjunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^3$ gwan$^1$
*** Yale: si gwān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^3$ gwan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^3$ guen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː³³ kʷɐn⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: si$^4$ gong$^1$ [Phonetic: si$^1$ gong$^1$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: si̍-geong
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬi⁴²⁻⁵⁵ kɔŋ⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: si$^4$ guong$^1$ [Phonetic: si$^1$ guong$^1$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬi⁴²⁻⁵⁵ kuoŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kun
*** Tâi-lô: sì-kun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sie'kwn
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²¹⁻⁴¹ kun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /si¹¹⁻⁵³ kun⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-kun
*** Tâi-lô: tshì-kun
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chie'kwn
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ kun⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ kun⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: kjun
Rime :
| Character | 君 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 文 (59) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 舉云切 |
| Baxter | kjun |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɨun/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kiun/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiuən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kun/ |
| Li Rong | /kiuən/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭuən/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ki̯uən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jūn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ək-s C.qur/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯɡs klun/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 弒 | 君 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shì | jūn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ syi$^H$ › | ‹ kjun › |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ək-s/ | /*C.qur/ |
| English | assassinate | lord; ruler |
| 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 | 弒 | 君 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 14972 | 7289 |
| Phonetic component | 弋 | 君 |
| Rime group | 代 | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 試 | 君 |
| Old Chinese | /*hljɯɡs/ | /*klun/ |

### Verb

弒君
* (archaic) to kill the ruler (emperor); to commit regicide; to assassinate a reigning monarch

### Noun

弒君
* regicide; assassination of a monarch
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    “Chūnqiū” zhī zhōng, shìjūn sānshíliù, wángguó wǔshí'èr, zhūhóu bēnzǒu bùdé bǎo qí shèjì zhě bùkěshēngshù. [Pinyin]
    In the Spring and Autumn there were thirty-six records of regicide, fifty-two of conquered states, and countless of feudal lords who failed to prevent the loss of throne despite every effort.

#### Derived terms

* 弒君者 / 弑君者 (shìjūnzhě)

### References

* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “弒君”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
* 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “弒君”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC