王

king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great

4 strokes Dict coverage rank #239 U+738B

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A man 十 bridging heaven and earth (both 一)

components: 一土

king · Heisig RSH #265

I-beam — as a component also called: king, scepter

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 王 as their sound component

These characters all use 王 (wáng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
王 sound component	wáng	king, ruler; royal; surname
狂	kuáng	insane, mad; violent; wild
往	wǎng	to go, to depart; past, former
旺	wàng	to flourish, to prosper; prosperous
枉	wǎng	useless, in vain; crooked, bent
汪	wāng	vast, extensive, deep; surname
匡	kuāng	to correct, to revise; to restore

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
白马王子	bái mǎ wáng zǐ	a Prince Charming; the man of one's dreams
大王	dà wáng	king; magnate; person having expert skill in something
大王	dài wang	robber baron (in opera, old stories); magnate
王子	wáng zǐ	prince; son of a king
王安石	Wáng Ān shí	Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
国王	guó wáng	king
王国	wáng guó	kingdom; realm
王水	wáng shuǐ	Aqua regia
四大天王	sì dà tiān wáng	the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra); the four guardians or warrior attendants of Budd…
天王	tiān wáng	emperor; god; Hong Xiuquan's self-proclaimed title; see also 洪秀全[Hong2 Xiu4 quan2]
东王公	Dōng wáng gōng	Mu Kung or Tung Wang Kung, God of the Immortals (Taoism)
王家	wáng jiā	princely
海王	Hǎi wáng	Poseidon, Greek god of the sea; Neptune, Roman god of the sea; Aquaman, DC comic book supe…
王化	wáng huà	beneficial influence of the sovereign
天王星	Tiān wáng xīng	Uranus (planet)
海王星	Hǎi wáng xīng	Neptune (planet)
王公	wáng gōng	princes and dukes; aristocrat
法王	Fǎ wáng	Sakyamuni
王法	wáng fǎ	the law; the law of the land; the law of a state (in former times); criterion
王力	Wáng Lì	Wang Li (1900-1986), one of the pioneers of modern Chinese linguistics