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君

jūn

ruler

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 尹 represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

尹 sound,meaning component

尹  Sound Meaning component

yǐn

  

govern

Evolution

君 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
君 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
君 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
君 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
君 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

君  

jūn

sovereign, monarch, ruler, chief, prince; monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler

Most common words with 君
Freq.
Word
Meaning

君

lord

瘾君子

opium eater

君子

nobleman

君主

monarch

伪君子

hypocrite

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (2 verified)

群 裙 郡 窘 捃

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.qur

kjun

jūn

lord; ruler


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 12.4940% of movies

1526th most common character in movies

985th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+541B

Shuowen

“君，尊也。从尹；發號，故从口。，古文象君坐形。”


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