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王 kanji
king, rule, magnate
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
オウ-ノウ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 王
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —王子様prince
- —王道的classic; traditional; orthodox; proper
- —王殺しregicide
- —巌窟王The Count of Monte Cristo (novel by Alexandre Dumas)
- —京王線Keiō Line (railway line in Tokyo)
- —獣王記Altered Beast (1989 Sega Arcade game, ported to Mega Drive (Genesis))
- —遊戯王Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga series and media franchise)
- —蠅の王Lord of the Flies (1954 novel by William Golding)
- —女王様Her Majesty the Queen; mistress (in S&M); dominatrix
- —屍陀林王Citipati (skeletal Buddhist demi-gods)
- —女王陛下Her Majesty the Queen
- —帝王切開Caesarean section; Cesarean section; C-section
- —不動明王Acala (Wisdom King); Acalanatha; Fudō Myōō (Myō-ō); fierce Buddhist deity
- —連合王国United Kingdom
- —百獣の王king of beasts (i.e. lion)
- —国王陛下His Majesty the King
- —王侯貴族royalty and titled nobility
- —王政復古restoration of imperial rule; Restoration (England)
- —王道楽土Arcadia, presided over by a virtuous king
- —愛染明王Ragaraja (esoteric school deity of love)