君
monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
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Dict coverage rank #1,060 U+541B
How 君 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A leader 尹 giving orders 口
How to remember it
monarch · Heisig RSH #959
尹 overseer + 口 mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 君 as their sound component
These characters all use 君 (jūn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 君 sound component | jūn | sovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief |
| 群 | qún | group, crowd; multitude, mob |
| 裙 | qún | skirt, petticoat, apron |
| 郡 | jùn | county, region, administrative division |
| 窘 | jiǒng | distressed; embarrassed; hard-pressed |
| 捃 | jùn | to gather, to sort |
Words containing 君
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 君子动口不动手 | jūn zǐ dòng kǒu bù dòng shǒu | a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist |
| 以小人之心，度君子之腹 | yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù | to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom) |
| 君子不计小人过 | jūn zǐ bù jì xiǎo rén guò | see 大人不記小人過|大人不记小人过[da4 ren2 bu4 ji4 xiao3 ren2 guo4] |
| 正人君子 | zhèng rén jūn zi | upright gentleman; man of honor |
| 君子之交 | jūn zǐ zhī jiāo | friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) |
| 开明君主 | kāi míng jūn zhǔ | enlightened sovereign |
| 火德星君 | Huǒ dé xīng jūn | spirit of the planet Mars |
| 君山区 | Jūn shān Qū | Junshan, a district of Yueyang City 岳陽市|岳阳市[Yue4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 君主政体 | jūn zhǔ zhèng tǐ | monarchy; autocracy |
| 君主国 | jūn zhǔ guó | monarchy; sovereign state |
| 君子之交淡如水 | jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ | a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) |
| 君主政治 | jūn zhǔ zhèng zhì | monarchy |
| 君子兰 | jūn zǐ lán | scarlet kafir lily; Clivia miniata (botany) |
| 君主制 | jūn zhǔ zhì | monarchy |
| 仁人君子 | rén rén jūn zǐ | people of good will (idiom); charitable person |
| 有仇不报非君子 | yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ | a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom) |
| 龙阳君 | lóng yáng jūn | homosexual (positive term) |
| 专制君主制 | zhuān zhì jūn zhǔ zhì | absolute monarchy; autocracy |
| 杀君马者道旁儿 | shā jūn mǎ zhě dào páng ér | lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people… |
| 听君一席话，胜读十年书 | tīng jūn yī xí huà , shèng dú shí nián shū | listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (prove… |