君 (jūn): monarch, lord, gentleman
君 (jūn) is a Chinese character meaning “monarch.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 尹 (structural) and 口 (structural). It ranks #984 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 君 a leader 尹 giving orders 口. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- monarch
- lord
- gentleman
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA leader 尹 giving orders 口
Decomposition: ⿸尹口 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瘾君子noun | yǐn jūn zǐ | addict (esp. a heavy smoker or drug addict, often jocular or disparaging) |
| 伪君子noun | wěi jūn zǐ | hypocrite |
| 暴君noun | bào jūn | tyrant |
| 君主noun | jūn zhǔ | monarch |
| 君子noun | jūn zǐ | nobleman |
| 君王noun | jūn wáng | sovereign king |
| 夫君noun | fū jūn | (honorific) husband |
| 君主制noun | jūn zhǔ zhì | monarchy |
| 郎君noun | láng jūn | my husband and master (archaic) |
| 君士坦丁堡proper-noun | jūn shì tǎn dīng bǎo | Constantinople, capital of Byzantium |
| 国君noun | guó jūn | monarch |
| 隐君子noun | yǐn jūn zǐ | (literary) hermit sage |
| 君主立宪 | jūn zhǔ lì xiàn | constitutional monarchy |
| 弑君verb | shì jūn | regicide |
| 王昭君 | wáng zhāo jūn | Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝, one of the four lege... |
君 appears in 77 compound words: 32 as the first character, 34 as the last, and 34 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 君 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (13)
friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
Showing 12 of 13 idioms containing 君.
Example Sentences
孩子们君渴了，纷纷跑到饮水机前接水。
hái zǐ men jūn kě le , fēn fēn pǎo dào yǐn shuǐ jī qián jiē shuǐ .
The children were thirsty and rushed to the water cooler to fill their cups.
王君馨顺产经历人生最痛 囡囡4日大已识诈型
wáng jūn xīn shùn chǎn jīng lì rén shēng zuì tòng 囡 囡 4 rì dà yǐ shí zhà xíng
Wang Junxin gave birth smoothly and experienced the most painful in her life, and her daughter has learned about fraud on the 4th
鹰君集团(00041)派特别股息,每持15股...
yīng jūn jí tuán ( 0 0 0 4 1 ) pài tè bié gǔ xī , měi chí 1 5 gǔ . . .
Great Eagle Group (00041) pays a special dividend, for every 15 shares held...
遭民进党停权 撤销初选资格 陈怡君:往前冲 绿营忧选情添变
zāo mín jìn dǎng tíng quán chè xiāo chū xuǎn zī gé chén yí jūn : wǎng qián chōng lǜ yíng yōu xuǎn qíng tiān biàn
Suspended by the DPP and disqualified from the primary election Chen Yijun: Rushing forward, the green camp is worried about the election situation
“民进党宝宝”陈怡君掰了!绿六都议员初选 3人遭撤销登记
mín jìn dǎng bǎo bǎo chén yí jūn bāi le ! lǜ liù dōu yì yuán chū xuǎn 3 rén zāo chè xiāo dēng jì
"DPP baby" Chen Yijun broke up! Three people in the primary election of the Green Six Metropolitan Councilors were deregistered
颜玉君:走出课室,倾听玛美里族雕刻背后的故事
yán yù jūn : zǒu chū kè shì , qīng tīng 玛 měi lǐ zú diāo kè bèi hòu de gù shì
Yan Yujun: Step out of the classroom and listen to the story behind the Mameli carvings
美国的罪犯大多是吸毒成瘾的瘾君子。
Měiguó de zuìfàn dàduō shì xīdúchéngyǐn de yǐnjūnzǐ.
Many criminals in America are addicted to drugs.
尽管受到暴君的迫害，英雄还顽强地斗争。
Jǐnguǎn shòudào bàojūn de pòhài, yīngxióng hái wánqiáng de dòuzhēng.
In spite of the tyrant’s persecution, the hero valiantly carried on the struggle.
婉君超爱追剧，韩剧、美剧她都看。
Wǎn jūn chāo ài zhuījù, Hán jù, Měijù tā dōu kàn.
Wan-chun’s a total drama addict — Korean, American, she watches them all.
他不仅仅是一国之君。
Tā bù jǐnjǐn shì yī guó zhī jūn.
He was more than a king.
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