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Kanji Detail for 君 - "lord, ruler, sovereign"

  • Meaning

    君 means "lord, ruler, sovereign."

    1. Lord - A ruler; a master.

    2. You - A term of address for peers or juniors.

    3. Sovereign - One who rules over a domain.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mister; you; ruler; male name suffix

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sovereign, monarch, ruler, chief, prince

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    sovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Honorable; ruler. One who governs a nation and issues commands. | 嚴君: Refers to one's father. As the head of a household, hence also called 府君. | 天君: Refers to the heart. Such as 天君泰然 (the heart is at peace). | Women are also called 君. Ancients called feudal lords' wives 小君. Hence also calling one's wife 細君. Ancient titles for women were also 君. Such as addressing someone's mother as 太君, like saying 太夫人. | A respectful term for others. Such as someone with a certain surname is called 某君. Friends addressing each other also say 君.
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  • How comes it that you were there?

  • It will pay you to study hard.

  • Your answer is right.

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  • Be that as it may , you are wrong.

  • Why didn't you do so at that time?

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