Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

君: mister, you

Also: ruler, male name suffix

JLPT N37 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met

口 carries the meaning · 尹 gives the sound

7 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

クンkun · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 君主くんしゅmonarch
  • 暴君ぼうくんtyrant
  • 田中君たなかくんTanaka (surname)
  • 諸君しょくんLadies and gentlemen!
  • 君臨するくんりんするreign

きみkimi · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 君きみyou
  • 君が代きみがよJapanese national anthem

-ぎみ-gimi · kun'yomi

  • 姫君ひめぎみprincess

Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
More in the 口 mouth story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
尹

Also built on 尹

口

Also built on mouth (口)

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君 gives its sound to

The family reading is グン (gun). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read クン

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
君 mister · 尹 + 口
vs局 bureau · 尸 + 句
君 has 尹 + 口 where 局 has 尸 + 句.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jūn

Same form: 君 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
君 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
君 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jūn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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