왕

wang · [왕]

king · male monarch

nounBeginner

Meanings

  1. king; male monarchA king who is a ruler of a country where the crown is passed down from one to another member of the royal family.
  2. king(figurative) The most outstanding figure in terms of power or value, etc., within a certain field or range.

Written Forms

왕Hangul
王Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

Are the king and queen here?

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He was a Korean king a long time ago.

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Kings and subjects appear in them.

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Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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