1. 王
king, ruler; royal; surname
The corpus record — Literary Chinese
王
wáng
king, ruler; royal; surname
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Where it lives
- Mencius 321 · 90.51/10k
- Zhuangzi, Inner Chapters 21 · 15.24/10k
- Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 22 · 12.51/10k
- Analects (Lunyu) 7 · 4.37/10k
What it meant — Unihan character definitions
2. وَنغ
wang z (jwal) LH wal), OCM *wal), OCB *wjal) 'King' [BI, ShiJ. [T] Sin Sukc1JU SR wal) MGZY xwang [fiwal)]; ONW ual) ~< wang (jwal)C) LH wal)c, OCJ\:1 *waI)h 'Be king, rule' [Shi 241, 4]. [<] *wal) + sth-suffix (§3.5). [E] Etymology not certain. Prob. ST: WT dbaI] 'might, power' 3~ dbaI)-po 'ruler', WB aT) 'strength, power', NNaga *wal) 'chief' [French 1983: 389]. The initials present difficulties, though (WT *b- … — [Schuessler, s.v. wang, p. 528]
In the wild
- 王 Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 十章
- 王 Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 二十五章
- 王 Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 二十五章
- 王 Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 二十五章
- 王 Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 二十五章
- 王 Daodejing (Wang Bi recension) 二十五章
6 of 371 attestations shown.
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