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王wáng, wàng

king; monarch (国王,王朝); the best of its kind; a champion (山大王,王牌); the Wang family name

王 is the king: 国王 'king', 王子 'prince', and 王牌 'the trump card'.

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Taught as one complete written unit. ZDIC: 会意,从一、从土 in the old account — shown whole here, with no pieces drawn, so the old claim stays a cited story rather than a drawn analysis.

single whole character · 王

king; monarch (国王,王朝); the best of its kind; a champion (山大王,王牌); the Wang family name

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王wáng, wàng

king; monarch (国王,王朝); the best of its kind; a champion (山大王,王牌); the Wang family name

王 is the king: 国王 'king', 王子 'prince', and 王牌 'the trump card'.

Taught as one complete written unit. ZDIC: 会意,从一、从土 in the old account — shown whole here, with no pieces drawn, so the old claim stays a cited story rather than a drawn analysis.

wángTone 2
  • king; monarch (国王,王朝)
  • the best of its kind; a champion (山大王,王牌)
  • the Wang family name
  • 国王guówángking
  • 王子wángzǐprince
  • 王牌wángpáitrump card; ace
wàngTone 4classical
  • (classical) to win the realm by moral rule, as in 王天下

An old verb use; not a modern common reading, so no learner words.

No common modern word is offered for this reading; the dictionary sense remains in Sources.

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