The kanji 王: meaning, readings and stroke order

王

Meaning: king
On reading: オウ ou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 4
Radical: 玉 jade, king
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vua (vương)
Japanese: おうさま。
Korean: 왕
Chinese: 国王

Readings, words and example sentences

オウ ou · on reading

王おうさま
king
むかし、やさしい 王おうさまがいました。
Once upon a time, there was a kind king.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.