王者

Chinese

		king; Wang (proper name)	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)
simp. and trad. (王者)		王	者

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wángzhě

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄓㄜˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ ze²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ông-chiá

(Teochew, Peng'im): uang⁵ zia²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wángzhě
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄓㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wángjhě
  - Wade–Giles: wang²-chê³
  - Yale: wáng-jě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangjee
  - Palladius: ванчжэ (vančžɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁴ ze²
  - Yale: wòhng jé
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ dze²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ zé²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sɛː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ông-chiá
  - Tâi-lô: ông-tsiá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ongciar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sia⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sia⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sia⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sia⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uang⁵ zia²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uâng tsiá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sia⁵²/

Middle Chinese: hjwang tsyaeX

Rime
Character	王	者
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	雨方切	章也切
Baxter	hjwang	tsyaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐŋ/	/t͡ɕia^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐŋ/	/t͡ɕia^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɑŋ/	/t͡ɕia^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuaŋ/	/cia^X/
Li Rong	/ɣiuaŋ/	/t͡ɕia^X/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwaŋ/	/t͡ɕĭa^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/iwaŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯a^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wáng	zhě
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong⁴	ze²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷaŋ tAʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷaŋ tjaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	王	者
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wáng	zhě
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwang ›	‹ tsyæ^X ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaŋ/	/*tAʔ/
English	king	(nominalizing particle)
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	王	者
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	12742	16960
Phonetic component	王	者
Rime group	陽	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	王	者
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷaŋ/	/*tjaːʔ/
Notes		說文古旅聲。甲金文象足印小坎積水，爲瀦初文，用詹鄞鑫說

Noun

王者

(literary) king; monarch; emperor
頭腦王者／头脑王者 ― tóunǎo wángzhě ― Mind/Brain King (a popular gaming application)
(archaic, Confucianism) true king; kingly one (one who has lived up to the moral standards required to rule as a monarch)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (王者):

→ Japanese: 王者(おうじゃ) (ōja)
→ Korean: 왕자(王者) (wangja)
→ Vietnamese: vương giả (王者)

Proper noun

王者

(video games, informal) short for 榮耀／荣耀 (Wángzhě Róngyào, “Honor of Kings”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
王	者
おう Grade: 1	しゃ > じゃ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おーじゃ [óꜜòjà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [o̞ːʑa̠]

Noun

王(おう)者(じゃ) • (ōja)