武王

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Chinese

martial; military king; Wang (proper name)
simp. and trad.
(武王)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (4) (35)
Final () (24) (106)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mjuX hjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨoX/ /ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/mioX/ /ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/mioX/ /ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muə̆X/ /ɦuaŋ/
Li
Rong
/mioX/ /ɣiuaŋ/
Wang
Li
/mĭuX/ /ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯uX/ /iwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mou5 wong4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wáng
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjuX › ‹ hjwang ›
Old
Chinese
/*m(r)aʔ/ /*ɢʷaŋ/
English military king

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 13184 12742
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*maʔ/ /*ɢʷaŋ/

Proper noun

武王

  1. (historical) any of the monarchs formally styled , typically as 謚號 (“posthumous appellation”) including:
    1. King Wu of Zhou
    2. King Wu of Chu
    3. King Wu of Qin

Related terms

Noun

武王

  1. (archaic and uncommon, chiefly honorific) warrior-king; heroic king; a monarch with martial qualities.