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Translingual
Han character
君 (Kangxi radical 30, 口 +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸大口 (SKR ), four-corner 17607 , composition ⿸尹 口 )
Derived characters
侰 , 群 , 裙 , 郡 , 捃 , 珺 , 桾 , 宭 , 窘 , 𠧬 , 𠹩 , 𫘿 , 𡝗 , 䞫 , 頵 (𫖳 ), 覠 (𰴙 ), 𦌺 , 𠲰 , 𭊝 , 𢽏 , 𫺔 , 𬂁 , 𣇉 , 𬱌 , 𩂿 , 𨧡 , 涒 , 焄 , 𤉙 , 桾 , 莙 , 䇹 , 𦀲 , 𪣣 , 峮 , 㟒 , 裠 , 𧛬 , 𬡝 , 帬 , 𢂽 , 𢃆 , 𬒽 , 輑 , 𰺈 , 𢧃 , 羣 , 麏 , 鮶 (鲪 ), 鵘
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 177 , character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3323
Dae Jaweon: page 394, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 595, character 6
Unihan data for U+541B
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
涒
*l̥ʰuːn
麏
*krun
莙
*krun, *ɡrunʔ, *klun
輑
*kʰrun
蜠
*kʰrun, *ɡrunʔ
峮
*kʰrun
窘
*ɡrunʔ
僒
*ɡrunʔ
君
*klun
桾
*klun
宭
*klun, *ɡlun
鮶
*klun
捃
*kluns
群
*ɡlun
羣
*ɡlun
裙
*ɡlun
裠
*ɡlun
帬
*ɡlun
焄
*qʰlun
郡
*ɡluns
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *klun ) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意 ) : phonetic 尹 ( OC *ɢʷlinʔ , “ (hand holding a rod) to administer ” ) + semantic 口 ( “ mouth ” ) . In the oracle bones and early Zhou bronze inscriptions, 君 (jūn ) was often interchanged with 尹 . Shuowen suggests that 口 represents commands, but it may simply be decorative.
Etymology
Unknown. Here are several possibilities:
Related to Old Mon kmin , kmun ( “ to exercise royal power; to be king; to reign ” ) (Schuessler, 2007 );
Related to 尹 (OC *ɢʷlinʔ , “director; governor”) and 元 (OC *ŋon , “head”) and cognate with Tibetan མགོན ( mgon , “ protector; master; lord ” ) (Mei Tsu-lin, 1985 );
The *k- prefixed derivative of 尹 (OC *ɢʷlinʔ , “to straighten; to administer”) (Baxter and Sagart, 1998 ); however, this is phonologically problematic (Schuessler, 2007 ).
The ACG sense is an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 君 ( -kun ) , which is in turn from Chinese .
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
君
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
jūn
Middle Chinese
‹ kjun ›
Old Chinese
/*C.qur/
English
lord; ruler
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
君
Reading #
1/1
No.
7289
Phonetic component
君
Rime group
文
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
君
Old Chinese
/*klun/
Definitions
君
sovereign ; monarch ; ruler ; chief ; prince ; lord
一國 之 君 / 一国 之 君 ― yīguó zhī jūn ― the ruler of a country
( historical ) An honorific title : lord
( literary , honorific ) you ; your ( referring to a male )
A polite form of address used among couples .
to dominate ; to reign
( ACG , Internet slang ) -kun
( ACG , Internet slang ) Affectionate name suffix.
字幕君 ― zìmùjūn ― fansubber
a surname : Jun
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
你 (“you (
singular )”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
汝 , 爾 , 乃 , 而 , 若 , 伊 , 子 , 君 † , 卿 †
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
你 , 您 † , 閣下 † , 臺端
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
你 , 您 † , 您老人家 †
Taiwan
你 , 您 †
Chengde
你 , 您老人家 †
Ulanhot
你
Tongliao
你
Chifeng
你 , 您 † , 你老人家 †
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
你 , 您 † , 你老人家 †
Heihe
你 , 您 † , 你老人家 †
Qiqihar
你 , 您 † , 你老人家 †
Harbin
你 , 您 † , 你老人家 † , 你老 †
Jiamusi
你 , 您 † , 你老人家 †
Baicheng
你 , 你老 † , 你老人家 †
Changchun
你 , 你老 †
Tonghua
你 , 你老 †
Shenyang
你 , 您 † , 你老人家 † , 你老 †
Jinzhou
你 , 您 † , 你老人家 †
Malaysia
你 , 您 †
Singapore
你 , 您 †
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)
你
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
你 , 你了 †
Tangshan
你 , 你老 †
Cangzhou
你 , 你老 †
Baoding
你 , 你老 †
Shijiazhuang
你 , 你家 †
Lijin
你 , 恁 † , 恁老人家 †
Weifang (Weicheng)
你
Weifang (Fangzi)
你
Changle
你
Shouguang
你
Wulian
你
Jinan
你 , 你老人家 †
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Dalian
你 , 你老 †
Dandong
你 , 您 † , 你老人家 †
Yantai
你
Yantai (Muping)
你
Qingdao
你
Weifang (Hanting)
你
Changyi
你
Gaomi
你 , 恁
Zhucheng
你 , 恁
Anqiu
你
Linqu
你 , 恁
Qingzhou
你
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
你
Lingbao
你
Wanrong
你
Linfen
你
Shangqiu
你 , 恁 † , 恁老人家 †
Yuanyang
你 , 你老 †
Zhengzhou
你 , 你老人家 †
Xinyang
你 , 你老人家 †
Baihe
你 , 你老兒 †
Xi'an
你 , 你老人家 †
Dingbian
你
Baoji
你 , 你老人家 †
Tianshui
你 , 你老人家 †
Xining
你 , 喬 , 你老人家 †
Yanqi
你
Xuzhou
恁 , 你 , 你老人家 †
Pizhou
恁 , 你
Lianyungang (Ganyu)
你
Donghai
你
Fuyang
你 , 你家 † , 你老人家 †
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
你
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
你 , 你老人家 †
Bayanhot
你 , 您 †
Lanzhou
你
Hami
你 , 您 † , 你家 † , 你老人家 †
Ürümqi
你 , 你老人家 †
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
你 , 你老人家 †
Nanchong
你 , 你老人家 †
Dazhou
你 , 你老人家 †
Hanyuan
你 , 你老人家 †
Xichang
你 , 你老 †
Zigong
你 , 你老人家 †
Chongqing
你 , 你老人家 †
Wuhan
你 , 你家 † , 你老人家 †
Yichang
你 , 你家 † , 老人家 † , 你老人家 †
Xiangyang
你 , 你家 † , 你老人家 †
Tianmen
你 , 您哪 † , 你老人家 †
Guiyang
你 , 你老人家 †
Zunyi
你 , 你老人家 †
Bijie
你
Liping
你 , 您 †
Zhaotong
你 , 你家 † , 你老人家 †
Dali
你 , 你家 †
Kunming
你 , 你家 † , 你老人家 †
Mengzi
你 , 你老人家 †
Guilin
你 , 你老人家 †
Liuzhou
你 , 你老人家 †
Nanning (Xiakuojie)
你
Nanning (Fujian)
你
Nanning (Wuming)
你
Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming)
你
Binyang (Nanjie)
你
Jishou
你
Changde
你 , 你家 †
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
你
Hanzhong
你
Dagudi (Maliba)
你
Reshuitang (Longling)
你
Mae Salong (Lancang)
你
Mae Sai (Tengchong)
你
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
你 , 你老人家 †
Yangzhou
你 , 你老人家 †
Baoying
你
Taizhou
你
Zhenjiang
你
Lianyungang
你 , 你老人家 †
Huai'an (Huaiyin)
你 , 您兒 †
Lianshui
你
Xuyi
你
Xinghua
你
Nantong
你 , 你老人家 †
Rugao
你
Yancheng
你
Funing
你
Sihong
你
Anqing
你 , 你老人家 †
Wuhu
你 , 你老人家 †
Hefei
你 , 你老人家 †
Hong'an
你 , 你老人家 †
Mandarin
Qinzhou (Longmengang)
你
Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)
你
Cantonese
Guangzhou
你
Hong Kong
你
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
你
Hong Kong (Shek Pik Weitou)
你
Macau
你
Guangzhou (Panyu)
你
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
你
Guangzhou (Conghua)
你
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
你
Foshan
你
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
你
Foshan (Shunde)
你
Foshan (Sanshui)
你
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
你
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
你
Zhongshan (Huancheng)
你
Zhongshan (Nanlang)
你
Zhongshan (Xiaolan)
你
Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan)
你
Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan)
你
Zhongshan (Henglan)
你
Zhongshan (Dongfeng)
你
Zhongshan (Nantou)
你
Zhongshan (Fusha)
你
Zhongshan (Shalang)
你
Zhongshan (Gangkou)
你
Zhongshan (Huangpu)
你
Zhongshan (Sanjiao)
你
Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong)
你
Zhongshan (Minzhong)
你
Zhongshan (Guzhen)
你
Zhongshan (Banfu)
你
Zhongshan (Tanzhou)
你
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
你
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
你
Zhuhai (Doumen)
你
Jiangmen (Baisha)
你
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
你
Taishan
你
Kaiping (Chikan)
你
Enping (Niujiang)
你
Heshan (Yayao)
你
Maoming (Beixipo, Dianbai; Malan)
你
Maoming (Bengtangque, Dianbai; Malan)
你
Maoming (Mianhuadi, Dianbai; Malan)
你
Maoming (Shanzuipo, Dianbai; Malan)
你
Maoming (Binglanghua, Dianbai; Malan)
你
Dongguan
你
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
你
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
你
Shenzhen (Pingdong, Longgang; Shehua)
你
Shenzhen (Pingshan Zhanmi)
你
Qingyuan
你
Fogang
你
Yingde (Hanguang)
你
Yangshan
你
Lianshan (Butian)
你
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
你
Shaoguan
你
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
你
Renhua
你
Lechang
你
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
你
Sihui
你
Guangning
你
Deqing
你
Huaiji
你
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
你
Yunfu
你
Xinxing
你
Luoding
你
Yunan (Pingtai)
你
Yangjiang
你
Xinyi
你
Lianjiang
你
Nanning
你
Baise
你
Qinzhou
你
Beihai
你
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
你
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
你
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
你
Danzhou
你
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
你
Penang (Guangfu)
你
Singapore (Guangfu)
你
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
你
Móng Cái
你
Gan
Nanchang
爾 , 恁
Nanchang (Wangcheng)
恁
Anyi
爾仂
Lushan
爾
Pengze
爾
Duchang
爾 , 爾儂
Wuning (Quankou)
恁
Poyang
你
Yugan
你 , 你郎
Wannian
你
Hengfeng
爾 , 爾仂
Yanshan
爾 , 爾仂
Leping
你
Yichun
你
Yifeng
爾
Gao'an
爾
Fengxin
你
Shanggao
爾
Wanzai
爾
Fengcheng
你
Xinyu
你
Fuzhou (Shangdundu)
你
Fuzhou (Dongxiang)
爾仂
Nancheng
恁
Nanfeng
你仂 , 你
Yihuang
恁
Lichuan
汝
Chongren
爾
Pingxiang
恨 , 你
Lianhua
你
Ji'an
你
Yongfeng
恁
Taihe
你
Xiajiang
你
Yongxin
你
Yingtan (Yujiang)
爾
Guixi
爾 , 爾仂
Jianning
你
Jinxian
恁 , 爾
Jinxi
恁
Le'an
你
Guangchang
你
Anfu
你
Suichuan
你
Wan'an
你
Jing'an
爾
Zhangshu
你
Xingan
你
Fenyi
你
Hakka
Meixian
你
Xingning
你
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
你
Huiyang
你
Huidong (Daling)
你
Dongguan (Qingxi)
你
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
你
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
你
Wuhua (Huacheng)
你
Heyuan (Bendihua)
你
Nanxiong (Zhuji)
你
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
你
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
你
Liannan
你
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
你
Jiexi
你
Changting
你
Shanghang
汝
Longyan (Yongding)
汝
Wuping
你
Wuping (Pingyu)
你
Liancheng
你
Ninghua
你
Qingliu
你
Yudu
你
Ningdu
恁
Ruijin
你
Shicheng
你
Shangyou (Shexi)
你
Ganzhou (Nankang)
你
Dayu
你
Dingnan
你
Longnan
你
Xunwu
爾
Huichang
恨 , 爾
Chongyi
你
Xingguo
你
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
你
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
你
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
你
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
你
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
你
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
你
Hong Kong
你
Luchuan
你
Bobai (Shahe)
你
Bobai (Longtan)
你
Bobai (Lingping)
你
Bobai (Lingjiao)
你
Sabah (Longchuan)
你
Senai (Huiyang)
你
Kuching (Hepo)
你
Singkawang
你
Singapore (Dabu)
你
Bangkok (Meixian)
你
Huizhou
Jixi
爾 , 爾仂
Shexian
爾 , 你 , 你老人家 †
Huangshan (Tunxi)
爾 , 爾仂
Wuyuan
爾
Fuliang
爾
Dexing
爾
Chun'an (Qiandaohu)
爾
Jiande (Meicheng)
爾
Jiande (Shouchang)
曾 , 曾儂
Jin
Taiyuan
你 , 你家 †
Yangyuan
你 , 您 † , 你家 † , 你老人家 †
Datong
你 , 您兒 †
Xinzhou
你 , 你吶 †
Lüliang (Lishi)
你 , 你老兒家 †
Changzhi
你
Taibus (Baochang)
你 , 您 †
Linhe
你 , 您 † , 你老兒家 †
Jining
你 , 您 † , 你家 †
Hohhot
你 , 您 † , 您老兒家 †
Baotou
你 , 您 †
Dongsheng
你 , 您 †
Haibowan
你 , 您 †
Erenhot
你 , 您兒 †
Pingshan
你
Zhangjiakou
你 , 您 † , 你老 †
Handan
你 , 你老人家 †
Linzhou
你
Suide
你
Northern Min
Jian'ou
你
Jian'ou (Dikou)
你
Songxi
你
Zhenghe
你
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
汝
Jianyang
你
Wuyishan
你
Pucheng (Shibei)
你
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
汝
Fuzhou (Changle)
汝
Lianjiang
汝
Fuqing
汝
Pingtan
汝
Yongtai
汝
Minqing
汝
Gutian
汝
Pingnan
汝
Luoyuan
汝
Fu'an
汝
Ningde
汝
Xiapu
汝
Zherong
汝
Shouning
汝
Zhouning
汝
Fuding
汝
Matsu
汝
Taishun
爾
Cangnan
爾
Singapore (Fuqing)
汝
Sitiawan (Gutian)
汝
Southern Min
Xiamen
汝
Xiamen (Tong'an)
汝
Quanzhou
汝
Jinjiang
汝
Nan'an
汝
Shishi
汝
Hui'an
汝
Anxi
汝
Yongchun
汝
Dehua
汝
Zhangzhou
汝
Zhangzhou (Longhai)
汝
Zhangzhou (Changtai)
汝
Hua'an
汝
Nanjing
汝
Pinghe
汝
Zhangpu
汝
Yunxiao
汝
Zhao'an
汝
Dongshan
汝
Taipei
汝
New Taipei (Sanxia)
汝
Kaohsiung
汝
Kaohsiung (Cijin)
汝
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
汝
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
汝
Yilan
汝
Changhua (Lukang)
汝
Taichung
汝
Taichung (Wuqi)
汝
Tainan
汝
Taitung
汝
Hsinchu
汝
Kinmen
汝
Penghu (Magong)
汝
Penang (Hokkien)
汝
Singapore (Hokkien)
汝
Manila (Hokkien)
汝
Medan (Hokkien)
汝
Longyan
汝
Zhangping
汝
Datian
汝
Guilin (Biyange)
汝
Chaozhou
汝
Shantou
汝
Shantou (Chaoyang)
汝
Jieyang
汝
Haifeng
汝
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
汝
Singapore (Teochew)
汝
Batam (Teochew)
汝
Pontianak (Teochew)
汝
Leizhou
汝
Wenchang
汝
Haikou
汝
Singapore (Hainanese)
汝
Puxian Min
Putian
汝
Xianyou
汝
Central Min
Yong'an
你
Sanming (Sanyuan)
你
Sanming (Shaxian)
你
Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)
你
Shaojiang Min
Shaowu
𫣴
Guangze
𫣴
Mingxi
你
Shunchang
你
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
汝
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
汝
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
你
Shehua
Fu'an
你
Fuding
你
Luoyuan
你
Sanming
你
Shunchang
你
Hua'an
你
Guixi (Zhangping)
你
Cangnan
你
Jingning (Hexi)
你
Lishui
你
Longyou
你
Chaozhou
你
Fengshun
你
Waxiang
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
你
Wu
Shanghai
儂
Shanghai (Songjiang)
是奴
Shanghai (Jiading)
儂 , 甚 , 恆儂
Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)
儂
Shanghai (Chongming)
爾
Suzhou
倷
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)
㑚
Wuxi
你
Changshu
儂
Kunshan
能
Nantong (Haimen)
你
Jiaxing
你
Jiashan
你
Pinghu
爾儂
Haining (Yanguan)
儂 , 你
Tongxiang
儂
Haiyan
你
Changzhou
你
Danyang
爾
Nanjing (Gaochun)
你
Huzhou
是爾
Changxing
是爾
Anji
爾
Deqing
爾
Hangzhou
你
Hangzhou (Yuhang)
儂 , 是儂 , 爾 , 是爾
Hangzhou (Lin'an)
儂 , 是儂
Hangzhou (Fuyang)
儂 , 你 , 爾 , 是爾
Hangzhou (Xiaoshan)
爾
Tonglu
你 , 是你
Shaoxing
諾
Zhuji
你
Shengzhou
儂
Xinchang
爾 , 奶
Ningbo
諾 , 爾 , 爾諾
Ningbo (Zhenhai)
諾
Ningbo (Fenghua)
儂 , 爾
Yuyao
儂
Cixi
儂
Xiangshan
爾 , 像爾
Ninghai
爾 , 爾儂
Zhoushan
儂
Taizhou (Huangyan)
爾
Tiantai
爾
Xianju
爾
Sanmen
爾
Linhai
爾
Wenling
爾
Wenzhou
你
Yueqing
你
Yongjia (Fenglin)
你
Pingyang
你
Taishun
你
Wencheng
你
Lishui
你
Qingtian
你
Jinyun
你 , 定你
Wuyi (Liucheng)
爾
Songyang (Xiping)
你
Yunhe
你
Jingning
你
Qingyuan
你
Longquan
你
Quzhou
你
Suichang
你
Jiangshan
你
Changshan
爾
Kaihua
你
Longyou
你 , 你儂
Jinhua
儂
Jinhua (Tangxi)
爾 , 爾儂
Yiwu
儂
Yongkang
爾
Pujiang
爾
Dongyang
爾
Wuyi
儂
Lanxi
爾 , 爾儂
Shangrao
爾儂
Shangrao (Guangfeng)
爾
Yushan
恁
Xiang
Changsha
你
Xiangtan
你
Loudi
你
Shuangfeng
你
Note
†: honorific
( ACG ) 桑 (sāng , “-san”), 醬 / 酱 (jiàng , “-chan”), 炭 (tàn , “-tan”), 樣 / 样 (yàng , “-sama”)
Compounds
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji
君
(Third grade kyōiku kanji )
king , lord , ruler
person of high rank
form of address to fellow colleagues or inferiors
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
⟨ki1 mi1 ⟩ → */kʲimʲi/ → /kimi/
From Old Japanese . Possibly a borrowing from the Sillan word for king, written with the character 今 (kum).[ 1] The same morpheme survives in the second syllable of the Modern Korean word 임금 (imgeum ).
Pronunciation
Noun
君( きみ ) • (kimi )
a ruler of a country
an emperor
Synonyms: 天子 ( tenshi ) , 天皇 ( tennō )
a lord
Antonym: 臣 ( omi )
a master
Synonyms: 主君 ( shukun ) , 主人 ( shujin )
a nobleman or other person of high (er ) rank
( historical , archaic ) a prostitute
( historical ) one of the hereditary titles bestowed to local chiefs in ancient Japan
Derived terms
Pronoun
君( きみ ) or 君( キミ ) • (kimi )
( informal , chiefly men's speech ) second-person personal pronoun : you , thou
1086 , Goshūi Wakashū (book 12, poem 669; also Hyakunin Isshu , poem 50)
君( きみ ) がため惜( を ) しからざりし命( いのち ) さへ長( なが ) くもがなと思( おも ) ひけるかなkimi ga tama oshikarazarishi inochi sae nagaku mogana to omoikeru kanaI thought I would give up my life to hold you in my arms, but after a night together, I find myself wishing that I could live for ever.[ 4]
俺( おれ ) は別( べつ ) にいいけど…キミ 、学( がっ ) 校( こう ) で「知( し ) らない人( ひと ) について行( い ) っちゃダメ」とか、教( おそ ) わんなかった?Ore wa betsu ni ii kedo… Kimi , gakkō de “shiranai hito ni tsuite itcha dame” to ka, osowan nakatta? Fine by me… But haven’t you been taught at school that “you shouldn’t go anywhere with strangers”?
来( く ) るぞ カズキ!手( て ) を放( はな ) すな!キミ と私( わたし ) は一( いっ ) 心( しん ) 同( どう ) 体( たい ) キミ が死( し ) ぬ時( とき ) が私( わたし ) が死( し ) ぬ時( とき ) だ!Kuru zo Kazuki! Te o hanasu na! Kimi to watashi wa isshin dōtai Kimi ga shinu toki ga watashi ga shinu toki da! Incoming, Kazuki! Don’t let go! You and me, together as one. When you die, I die!
(after a が ( ga ) or の ( no ) particle ) term of respect to another person
Usage notes
When used in lyrics and poetry, this word is considered less colloquial and more poetic than in spoken language.
Etymology 2
The kimi changes to gimi as an instance of rendaku (連濁 ).
Suffix
君( ぎみ ) • (-gimi )
indicates respect
父( ちち ) 君( ぎみ ) chichi-gimi your father
Usage notes
There is no direct translation in English – as with other Japanese honorifics, it might roughly correspond to dear , as in “your dear father”.
Respectful suffixes also serve to indicate whose relative is in question: rather than “my father” and “your father”, one would say 父 ( chichi , “ father ” ) and 父君 ( chichi-gimi , “ dear father ” ) .
Used of nobles. Attaches to close family relationship nouns such as 母 ( haha , “ mother ” ) , 姉 ( ane , “ sister ” ) , 姫 ( hime , “ daughter of a noble family , princess ” ) .
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Middle Chinese 君 (MC kjun ).
Suffix
君( くん ) • (-kun )
suffix for boys' names
indicates respect
1999 January 7, Kenshi Hirokane , “議その166 「決戦投票」 [Debate 166: ‘Final Vote’ ]”, in 加治隆介の議 [Kaji Ryūsuke’s Debates ], volume 20 (fiction), Tōkyō: Kōdansha, →ISBN , page 43 :発表 致し ます 平原和正君 二 五 一票 鈴鹿宏君 二二七 票 白票 二二票Happyō itashimasu Hirahara Kazumasa-kun nihyakugojūippō Suzuka Hiroshi-kun nihyakunijūnanahyō Hakuhyō nijūnihyō Announcement. Mr. Hirahara Kazumasa: 251 votes. Mr. Suzuka Hiroshi: 227 votes. Blanks: 22 votes.
indicates familiarity
Usage notes
-kun is often used as a suffix when calling someone. The listener is lower or the same level in social position and is often, but not always, male.
Descendants
→ English: -kun
→ Chinese:
→ Mandarin: 君 (jūn )
Etymology 4
/kimud͡ʑi/ → /kind͡ʑi/
Shift from older きむぢ ( kimudi → kimuji ) .[ 5]
Pronoun
君( きんじ ) • (kinji ) ←きんぢ ( kindi ) ?
second person personal pronoun : you
(Fukiage, ge)[ 6]
(Kurabiraki, jō)[ 7]
(Kuniyuzuri, jō)[ 8]
See also
References
^ Ki-Moon, Lee, Ramsey, S. Robert (2011 ) A History of the Korean Language , page 59
^ Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998 ), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary ] (in Japanese), Tokyo : NHK Publishing, Inc. , →ISBN
^ Peter MacMillan, translator (2018 ) One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Treasury of Classical Japanese Verse , Penguin UK, →ISBN
^ “きんじ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten ] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo : Shogakukan , 2006
^ Kōno, Tama (c. 970–999 ) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 10: Utsubo Monogatari 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Iwanami Shoten , published 1959 , →ISBN .
^ Kōno, Tama (1961 ) [circa 970-999 ] Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 11: Utsubo Monogatari 2 (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Iwanami Shoten , →ISBN
^ Kōno, Tama (1962 ) [circa 970-999 ] Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 12: Utsubo Monogatari 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Iwanami Shoten , →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 君 (MC kjun ).
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
君 (eumhun 임금 군 ( imgeum gun ) )
hanja form? of 군 ( “ sovereign ” )
hanja form? of 군 ( “ young man ; young sir ” )
Compounds
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Vietnamese
Han character
君 : Hán Nôm readings: quân , vua
sovereign , monarch , ruler , chief , prince
References