Chinese edit

 
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)
 
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Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (13)
Final () (59) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter kjun tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨun/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiun/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiuən/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kun/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong
/kiuən/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li
/kĭuən/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯uən/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jūn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwan1 zi2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jūn
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjun › ‹ tsiX ›
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. *[t] 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 1/1
No. 7289 17857
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*klun/ /*ʔslɯʔ/

Noun edit

君子

  1. junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person; noble person; superior person
  2. (Classical) functionary; government official; office holder

Synonyms edit

  • (functionary):

Antonyms edit

  • (antonym(s) of man of virtue): 小人 (xiǎorén)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Translingual: Junzi
Sino-Xenic (君子):

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
くん
Grade: 3

Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun edit

(くん)() (kunshi

  1. junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person; noble person

Antonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

Kanji in this term
きみ
Grade: 3

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

(きみ)() (Kimiko

  1. a female given name

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

君子 (gunja) (hangeul 군자)

  1. Hanja form? of 군자 (junzi).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

君子

  1. chữ Hán form of quân tử (junzi).