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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
- —女王アリqueen ant
- —奪三振王strikeout leader (in a given season); strikeout king
- —王太子妃crown princess
- —立憲王政constitutional monarchy
- —王后陛下Her Majesty the Queen
- —閻魔大王Yama; judge of the afterlife
- —大王烏賊giant squid (Architeuthis martensi)
- —世界王者world champion
- —政治王朝political dynasty
- —五大明王five great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Trilokavijaya, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)
- —八大明王eight great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Mezu, Munosho, Trilokavijaya, Ucchusma, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)
- —三王礼拝Adoration of the Magi
- —仁王立ちimposing stance; daunting pose
- —列王記上Kings I (book of the Bible)
- —列王記下Kings II (book of the Bible)
- —王朝時代Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate)
- —大王椰子royal palm (esp. Cuban royal palm, Roystonea regia)
- —孔雀明王Mahamayuri (deity usu. depicted riding a peacock)
- —薬王菩薩Bhaisajyaraja (bodhisattva)
- —首里王府administration of the Ryukyu Kingdom