わう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of わう – see the following entries.

【王おう】1 [noun] a king, especially one who is not East Asian or was East Asian in pre-imperial times; in China and Vietnam, generally a king before Qin Shi Huangdi who invented the title 皇帝 (kōtei, “huangdi; emperor”); in Korea, one of the many kings before the Korean Empire which was modeled after Japan's; in Japan, one of the rulers before Emperor Jinmu [noun] an East Asian queen regnant [noun] a nobility title for a Chinese or Vietnamese prince, bestowed on one of the 皇帝 (kōtei, “huangdi; emperor”)'s adult sons, brothers, or nephews, especially as a coming-of-age title, generally comes with an estate ("principality"); compare 皇子 (ōji, “imperial princes”, especially pre-adult ones) and 公 (kō, “dukes”, an alternative used by certain dynasties) [noun] a Japanese prince's son (such princes include 親王 (shinnō) or 王 (ō) themselves) [affix] king

【黄おう】2 [affix] yellow

【横おう】3 [affix] sideways, horizontal [affix] self-willed; arbitrary; unrestrained and aggressive [affix] sudden; unexpected [affix] brimming

【往おう】5 [affix] to go to, to head for [affix] past, previous

【皇おう】6 [affix] emperor, mikado, tenno

【旺おう】S [affix] prosperous; vigorous

(This term, わう (wau), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as わう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as わう.)