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Character

王

wáng HSK 6
王 wáng HSK 6
  • 1. monarch; supreme ruler
  • 2. highest noble rank in feudal times
  • 3. leader; chieftain
  • 4. the most outstanding, largest, or strongest of its kind
  • 5. (lit.) of a senior generation
  • 6. a surname
Words using 王 as wáng (6)
  • 1 国王 guó wáng — king HSK 6
    • 国 country, kingdom, nation (the realm being ruled)
    • 王 king, monarch, ruler (the sovereign)
    Example

    国王住在城堡里。

    guó wáng zhù zài chéng bǎo lǐ

    The king lives in the castle.

  • 2 王子 wáng zǐ — prince HSK 6
    Example

    小王子住在城堡里。

    xiǎo wáng zǐ zhù zài chéng bǎo lǐ

    The little prince lives in the castle.

  • 3 王国 wáng guó — kingdom HSK 7
    • 王 king, royal ruler
    • 国 country, nation, state
    Example

    英国是一个古老的王国。

    Yīng guó shì yí ge gǔ lǎo de wáng guó

    The United Kingdom is an ancient kingdom.

  • 4 王朝 wáng cháo — dynasty HSK 7
    • 王 king, monarch, royal
    • 朝 dynasty, imperial court, reign period
    Example

    唐朝是中国历史上最强盛的王朝之一。

    Táng Cháo shì Zhōng guó lì shǐ shàng zuì qiáng shèng de wáng cháo zhī yī

    The Tang Dynasty was one of the most prosperous dynasties in Chinese history.

  • 5 王牌 wáng pái — trump card; ace HSK 7
    • 王 king; top, supreme
    • 牌 card; plate, sign
    Example

    他是球队的王牌球员。

    tā shì qiú duì de wáng pái qiú yuán

    He is the team's ace player.

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  • 6 阎王 Yán wáng — King Yama HSK 7
    • 阎 Yama (deity of death and the underworld)
    • 王 king, ruler
    Example

    传说中，阎王掌管着地府。

    chuán shuō zhōng Yán wáng zhǎng guǎn zhe dì fǔ

    According to legend, King Yama rules over the underworld.

Structure & writing
王 wáng — monarch; supreme ruler
王 is a component in 33 characters
HSK 1
玩 wán to play (a game) 现 xiàn to appear; to show; to manifest 班 bān a group organized for work or study
HSK 2
望 wàng to look, to look into the distance 球 qiú sphere (geometric solid equidistant from center to all surface points)
HSK 3
丢 diū to lose; to misplace 主 zhǔ owner; one who possesses property or power 环 huán ring-shaped object 理 lǐ to govern; to manage; to administer
HSK 4
琴 qín guqin, a plucked string instrument made of paulownia wood, originally with five strings, later seven
HSK 5
润 rùn to moisten; to add oil or water to prevent dryness 狂 kuáng mentally deranged; insane; mad 玉 yù jade; a fine-grained, hard, lustrous mineral used for ornaments and carvings 玫 méi (lit.) a type of beautiful stone or jade 玻 bō see "玻璃": a hard, brittle, transparent material with no fixed melting point, made by melting quartz sand, limestone, soda ash, etc. at high temperature
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珍 zhēn treasure; precious thing 瑰 guī (lit.) a jade-like stone 璃 li see '玻璃': ① hard, brittle transparent material (glass); ② glass-like plastic
HSK 6
呈 chéng to take on (a form, color, or state); to appear as 珠 zhū pearl (also written 真珠), a lustrous spherical gem formed inside certain freshwater or marine mollusks, used in medicine and as an ornament 皇 huáng monarch; emperor
HSK 7
噩 è frightful and ominous; horrifying and inauspicious 斑 bān spots or stripes of a contrasting color 旺 wàng prosperous; flourishing; (of fire) blazing fiercely 枉 wǎng crooked, bent; referring to error or deviation 汪 wāng (lit.) deep and vast (of water)
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琐 suǒ trivial, trifling, petty 琢 zuó to ponder repeatedly; to mull over (见"琢磨") 瑕 xiá flaw or blemish in jade; fig. defect or shortcoming 瑞 ruì auspicious omen; good luck 璀 cuǐ (lit.) bright and brilliant in color 璨 càn (lit.) fine jade 碧 bì (lit.) blue-green jade

王 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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