王 (wáng): meaning and stroke order
王 (wáng) means king or monarch, best or strongest of its type, grand, great, surname Wang.
王
- Simplified
- 王
- Traditional
- 王 (same form)
- Pinyin
- wáng · wàng
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Stroke order of 王
王
- Wáng surname Wang
- wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type
- wàng (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
- 4 strokes
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Meaning of 王
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wáng
- king or monarch
- best or strongest of its type
- grand
- great
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Wáng
- surname Wang
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wàng
- (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
Radical and structure
- 王
- Radical 玉 (Kangxi radical 96) · 4 strokes · 一 on top, 土 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 王
- 国王 guó wáng king
- 大王 dà wáng king; magnate
- 龙王 Lóng wáng Dragon King (mythology)
- 周武王 Zhōu Wǔ wáng King Wu of Zhou (-1043), personal name Ji Fa 姬發|姬发, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC
- 灶王爷 Zào wáng yé Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen; also written 灶神
- 王母娘娘 Wáng mǔ niáng niáng another name for Xi Wangmu 西王母, Queen Mother of the West
王 in our stories
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他推开门，看见弹琴的是学校的清洁工王阿姨。
tā tuīkāi mén kànjiàn tán qín de shì xuéxiào de qīngjiégōng Wáng āyí
He pushed the door open and saw that the player was Auntie Wang, the school cleaner.
From the story The piano at midnight HSK 4
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主人王总看他的盘子又空了，以为他还没吃饱，马上叫服务员：“再加两个菜！”
zhǔrén Wáng zǒng kàn tā de pánzi yòu kōng le yǐwéi tā hái méi chī bǎo mǎshàng jiào fúwùyuán zài jiā liǎng gè cài
Seeing his plate empty again, the host, Mr Wang, thought he was still hungry and called the waiter at once: "Two more dishes!"
From the story The banquet that never ended HSK 6
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赵王听信了谣言，决定让赵括代替廉颇。
Zhào Wáng tīngxìn le yáoyán juédìng ràng Zhào Kuò dàitì Lián Pō
The King of Zhao believed the rumour and decided to have Zhao Kuo replace Lian Po.
From the story Fighting battles on paper HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 王
- The piano at midnight HSK 4
- The banquet that never ended HSK 6
- Fighting battles on paper HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).