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

jùn = ju + (e)n4
gather / to sort
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tūn = tu + (e)n1
planet Jupiter / vomit
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jūn = ju + (e)n1
species of water plant
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Words with 君

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lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people along the road cheered a horseman on as he galloped past, until the horse died of exhaustion) / fig. beware of becoming complacent when everyone is cheering you on
virtuous gentleman (idiom)
spirit of the planet Mars

Sentences with 君

dài
pín
dào
xiāng
zhù
èr
láng
zhēn
jūn
zhī

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jūn

monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler

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