君子

Chinese
 
monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
 
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad.
(君子)		 君 子

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 君 子
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 文 (59) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 舉云切 即里切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kɨun/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kiun/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiuən/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kun/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong		 /kiuən/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li		 /kĭuən/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ki̯uən/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jūn zǐ
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 君 子
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jūn zǐ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kjun › ‹ tsiX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C.qur/ /*tsəʔ/
English lord; ruler child; gentleman, master

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 君 子
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7289 17857
Phonetic
component		 君 子
Rime
group		 文 之
Rime
subdivision		 2 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 君 子
Old
Chinese		 /*klun/ /*ʔslɯʔ/

Noun

君子

  1. junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person; noble person; superior person
    子曰：「君子坦蕩蕩，小人長戚戚。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    子曰：“君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: The Analects of Confucius, circa 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Zǐ yuē: “Jūnzǐ tǎndàngdàng, xiǎorén cháng qīqī.” [Pinyin]
    The Master said, “The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.”
    人不知而不慍，不亦君子乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    人不知而不愠，不亦君子乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: The Analects of Confucius, circa 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Rén bùzhī ér bù yùn, bùyì jūnzǐ hū? [Pinyin]
    Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note of him?

Derived terms
Derived terms from 君子

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (君子):

Japanese
Kanji in this term
君 子
くん
Grade: 3		 し
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

君子 (hiragana くんし, rōmaji kunshi)

  1. junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person; noble person

Antonyms

Proper noun
Kanji in this term
君 子
きみ
Grade: 3		 こ
Grade: 1

君子 (hiragana きみこ, rōmaji Kimiko)

  1. A female given name

Korean
Hanja in this term
君子

Noun

君子 • (gunja) (hangeul 군자)

  1. Hanja form? of 군자 (“junzi”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
君子

Noun

君子

  1. Hán tự form of quân tử (“junzi”).
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