武王

Chinese

		martial; military	king; Wang (proper name)
simp. and trad. (武王)		武	王

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Wǔwáng

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ wong⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔwáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄨㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔwáng
  - Wade–Giles: Wu³-wang²
  - Yale: Wǔ-wáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuwang
  - Palladius: Уван (Uvan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁵ wong⁴
  - Yale: móuh wòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ wong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ wong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ wɔːŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: mjuX hjwang

Rime
Character	武	王
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	文甫切	雨方切
Baxter	mjuX	hjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo^X/	/ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mio^X/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mio^X/	/ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆^X/	/ɦuaŋ/
Li Rong	/mio^X/	/ɣiuaŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭu^X/	/ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯u^X/	/iwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ	wáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou⁵	wong⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)aʔ ɢʷaŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*maʔ ɢʷaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	武	王
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǔ	wáng
Middle Chinese	‹ mju^X ›	‹ hjwang ›
Old Chinese	/*m(r)aʔ/	/*ɢʷaŋ/
English	military	king
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	武	王
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	13184	12742
Phonetic component	武	王
Rime group	魚	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	武	王
Old Chinese	/*maʔ/	/*ɢʷaŋ/

Proper noun

武王

(historical) any of the monarchs formally styled 武, typically as 謚號 (“posthumous appellation”) including:

Related terms

文武 (wénwǔ)
文王 (Wénwáng)

Noun

武王

(archaic and uncommon, chiefly honorific) warrior-king; heroic king; a monarch with martial qualities.
- 武丁孫子，武王靡不勝。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  武丁孙子，武王靡不胜。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Wǔdīng sūnzǐ, wǔwáng mǐ bùshēng. [Pinyin]
  The descendant of Wu-Ding,
  Is a martial king, equal to every emergency.