武王

Chinese

		martial; military	king; Wang (proper name)
simp. and trad. (武王)		武	王

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wǔwáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ wong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔwáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wǔwáng
    • Wade–Giles: Wu³-wang²
    • Yale: Wǔ-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuuwang
    • Palladius: Уван (Uvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ wong⁴
    • Yale: móuh wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ wɔːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjuX hjwang

Rime
Character	武	王
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	文甫切	雨方切
Baxter	mjuX	hjwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨoX/	/ɦʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mioX/	/ɦʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mioX/	/ɣiuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆X/	/ɦuaŋ/
Li Rong	/mioX/	/ɣiuaŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭuX/	/ɣĭwaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯uX/	/iwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ	wáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou5	wong4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)aʔ  ɢʷaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*maʔ  ɢʷaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	武	王
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǔ	wáng
Middle Chinese	‹ mjuX ›	‹ hjwang ›
Old Chinese	/*m(r)aʔ/	/*ɢʷaŋ/
English	military	king
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	武	王
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	13184	12742
Phonetic component	武	王
Rime group	魚	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	武	王
Old Chinese	/*maʔ/	/*ɢʷaŋ/

Proper noun

武王

1. (historical) any of the monarchs formally styled 武, typically as 謚號 (“posthumous appellation”) including:
   1. King Wu of Zhou
   2. King Wu of Chu
   3. King Wu of Qin

Related terms

• 文武 (wénwǔ)
• 文王 (Wénwáng)

Noun

武王

1. (archaic and uncommon, chiefly honorific) warrior-king; heroic king; a monarch with martial qualities.

   • 武丁孫子，武王靡不勝。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     武丁孙子，武王靡不胜。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wǔdīng sūnzǐ, wǔwáng mǐ bùshēng. [Pinyin]

     The descendant of Wu-Ding,
     Is a martial king, equal to every emergency.