jūn = ju + (e)n1
monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler
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How to pronounce 君

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ju initial

Ju is for Zeus.

By Matthias • updated 2 months ago
+ (e)n1 final

In front of the encampment.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago

君 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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yǐn = y + (e)n3
to administer / to oversee / to run / magistrate (old)
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Characters with 君 as component

qún = qu + (e)n2
group / crowd / flock, herd, pack etc
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qún = qu + (e)n2
variant of 群[qun2]
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qún = qu + (e)n2
old variant of 裙[qun2]
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Words with 君

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the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同[Tan2 Si4 tong2], Lin Xu 林旭[Lin2 Xu4], Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀[Yang2 Shen1 xiu4], Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第[Liu2 Guang1 di4], Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁[Kang1 Guang3 ren2] and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐[Yang2 Rui4]
incapable ruler
a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)

Sentences with 君

tiān
jūn
dào

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jūn

monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler

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