君子

Chinese

		monarch; lord; gentleman monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (君子)		君	子

Wikipedia has articles on:

君子 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Junzi (English)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jūnzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄣㄗˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwan¹ zi²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gun¹ du²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiûn-chṳ́
Eastern Min (BUC): gŭng-cṳ̄
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kun-chír / kun-chú
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ciun-tsy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jūnzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄣㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyunzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: chün¹-tzŭ³
  - Yale: jyūn-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuntzyy
  - Palladius: цзюньцзы (czjunʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwan¹ zi²
  - Yale: gwān jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwan¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guen¹ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gun¹ du²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kun³³ tu⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûn-chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: giun^ˊ zii^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giun¹ zi³
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯un²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gŭng-cṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒy³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun-chír
  - Tâi-lô: kun-tsír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun-chú
  - Tâi-lô: kun-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kunzuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kun⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ciun-tsy
  - MiniDict: ciuin^平 tsy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jyn-tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

Middle Chinese: kjun tsiX

Rime
Character	君	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	文 (59)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	舉云切	即里切
Baxter	kjun	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨun/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kiun/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuən/	/t͡sie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kun/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Li Rong	/kiuən/	/t͡siə^X/
Wang Li	/kĭuən/	/t͡sĭə^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯uən/	/t͡si^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jūn	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan¹	zi²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qur tsəʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*klun ʔslɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	君	子
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jūn	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ kjun ›	‹ tsi^X ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qur/	/*tsəʔ/
English	lord; ruler	child; gentleman, master
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	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7289	17857
Phonetic component	君	子
Rime group	文	之
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	君	子
Old Chinese	/*klun/	/*ʔslɯʔ/

Noun

君子

junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person; noble person; superior person
- 子曰：「君子坦蕩蕩，小人長戚戚。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  子曰：「君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Zǐ yuē: “Jūnzǐ tǎndàngdàng, xiǎorén cháng qīqī.”
  The Master said, “The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.”
- 人不知而不慍，不亦君子乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  人不知而不愠，不亦君子乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Rén bùzhī ér bù yùn, bùyì jūnzǐ hū?
  Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note of him?
(Classical) functionary; government official; office holder
- 今天下之君子，忠實欲天下之富，而惡其貧，欲天下之治，而惡其亂，當兼相愛，交相利。此聖王之法，天下之治道也，不可不務為也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  今天下之君子，忠实欲天下之富，而恶其贫，欲天下之治，而恶其乱，当兼相爱，交相利。此圣王之法，天下之治道也，不可不务为也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on Y. P. Mei's version
  Jīn tiānxià zhī jūnzǐ, zhōngshí yù tiānxià zhī fù, ér wù qí pín, yù tiānxià zhī zhì, ér wù qí luàn, dāng jiānxiàng'ài, jiāoxiànglì. Cǐ shèngwáng zhī fǎ, tiānxià zhī zhìdào yě, bùkě bù wù wéi yě.
  If the rulers nowadays sincerely desire the empire to be wealthy and dislike to have it poor, desire to have it orderly and dislike to have it chaotic, they should bring about universal love and mutual aid. This is the way of the sage-kings and the way to order for the world, and it should not be neglected.