王
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king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 王
- Common rank
- #238
- Unicode
- U+738B
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Formation & memory
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Words with 王
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白马王子 | a Prince Charming; the man of one's dreams | |
| 王子 | prince; son of a king | |
| 大王 | king; magnate; person having expert skill in something | |
| 大王 | robber baron (in opera, old stories); magnate | |
| 王安石 | Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家 | |
| 国王 | king | |
| 王国 | kingdom; realm | |
| 王水 | Aqua regia | |
| 四大天王 | the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra); the four guardians or warrior attendants of Budd… | |
| 天王 | emperor; god; Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title; see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2] | |
| 东王公 | Mu Kung or Tung Wang Kung, God of the Immortals (Taoism) | |
| 王家 | princely | |
| 海王 | Poseidon, Greek god of the sea; Neptune, Roman god of the sea; Aquaman, DC comic book supe… | |
| 王化 | beneficial influence of the sovereign | |
| 天王星 | Uranus (planet) | |
| 海王星 | Neptune (planet) | |
| 王公 | princes and dukes; aristocrat | |
| 法王 | Sakyamuni | |
| 王法 | the law; the law of the land; the law of a state (in former times); criterion | |
| 王力 | Wang Li (1900-1986), one of the pioneers of modern Chinese linguistics |
Sound family
These characters use 王 as their sound component — compare how they read.