# 大君
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàjūn
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄩㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daai$^6$ gwan$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàjūn
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄩㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàjyun
*** Wade–Giles: ta$^4$-chün$^1$
*** Yale: dà-jyūn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjiun
*** Palladius: дацзюнь (daczjunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$大君 大軍 / 大军
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daai$^6$ gwan$^1$
*** Yale: daaih gwān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daai$^6$ gwan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dai$^6$ guen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /taːi̯²² kʷɐn⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: dajH|daH kjun
Rime :
| Character | 大 | 大 | 君 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 定 (7) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 泰 (25) | 歌 (94) | 文 (59) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I | III |
| Fanqie | 徒蓋切 | 唐佐切 | 舉云切 |
| Baxter | dajH | daH | kjun |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /kɨun/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /kiun/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /kiuən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /daj$^H$/ | /da$^H$/ | /kun/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /kiuən/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑi$^H$/ | /dɑ$^H$/ | /kĭuən/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱɑi$^H$/ | /dʱɑ$^H$/ | /ki̯uən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dài | duò | jūn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | daai$^6$ | do$^6$ | gwan$^1$ |

### Noun

大君
* (literary) Son of Heaven; the Emperor
* (literary) eldest son

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 君 |
| おお Grade: 1 | きみ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||
From /*opokimi/ → /*oɸokimi/ → /owokimi/ → /ookimi/ → /oːkimi/. Compound of Old Japanese - elements 大 (ō, “great, big, large”) +‎ 君 (kimi, “lord, lady”). kimi Sometimes pronounced in modern Japanese as ōgimi. The kimi changes to gimi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おおきみ [òókíꜜmì] (Nakadaka –)
* (Tokyo) おおきみ [òókímí] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) おおきみ [óꜜòkìmì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [o̞ːkʲimʲi]

#### Noun

大(おお)君(きみ) • (ōkimi)
* (honorific) the emperor, His Majesty
* (honorific) one of the reigning Emperor's descendants, especially his grandchildren and below (諸王 (shoō)); compare 皇子 (miko, used specifically for 親王 (shinnō)) and 皇女 (himemiko, used specifically for 内親王 (naishinnō))
* (honorific) a member of the petty nobility
* (honorific) someone of high status
* (honorific) one's lord or master

##### Derived terms

* 大(おお)君(きみ)女(おんな) (ōkimi onna): a princess, a daughter of the emperor
* 大(おお)君(きみ)気(け)色(しき) (ōkimi keshiki): nobility of bearing or behavior, majesty, greatness
* 大(おお)君(きみ)姿(すがた) (ōkimi sugata): an imperial appearance, a noble dressing like the emperor
* 大(おお)君(きみ)だつ (ōkimi-datsu): to appear or behave in a manner similar to an imperial grandchild
* 大(おお)君(きみ)の (ōkimi no): an epithet for Mount Wakakusa in Nara, Japan
* 大(おお)君(きみ)の風(かぜ) (ōkimi no kaze): a pleasant breeze as if in praise of a lord
* 正(おお)親(きみ)正(のかみ) (ōkimi no kami): a rank in the old Ritsuryō system of ancient Japan, and the superior to an ōkimi no tsukasa
* 正(おお)親(きみ)司(のつかさ) (ōkimi no tsukasa): a rank in the old Ritsuryō system of ancient Japan

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 君 |
| おおい Grade: 1 | きみ > ぎみ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||
Compound of Old Japanese elements 大 (ōi, “great, big, large”) +‎ 君 (kimi). The kimi changes to gimi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [o̞ːiɡʲimʲi]

#### Noun

大(おおい)君(ぎみ) • (ōigimi)
* (obsolete, honorific) the eldest daughter of a noble family

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 大 | 君 |
| たい Grade: 1 | くん Grade: 3 |
| kan'on ||
From Middle Chinese 大君 (MC dajH kjun, “big, great + lord”). The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing. Compare modern Mandarin 大君 (dàjūn, “emperor, lord; god, divinity; eldest son”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) たいくん [táꜜìkùǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ta̠ikɯ̟̃ɴ]

#### Noun

大(たい)君(くん) • (taikun)
* (honorific) a lord
* (honorific) an imperial prince
* during the Edo period, an alternative title for the 将軍 (shōgun) of the Tokugawa government, used in communications with other countries
* in ancient China, a title given to a royal heir

##### Descendants

* → English: tycoon
** → German: Tycoon m
** → Serbo-Croatian: tajkun
* → German: Taikun m
* → Norwegian Bokmål: taikun m

### References

* 1 2 3 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN