明君

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	monarch; lord; gentleman monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
simp. and trad. (明君)		明	君

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngjūn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄩㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ gwan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngjūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄩㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngjyun
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-chün¹
  - Yale: míng-jyūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingjiun
  - Palladius: минцзюнь (minczjunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ gwan¹
  - Yale: mìhng gwān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ gwan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ guen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ kʷɐn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: mjaeng kjun

Rime
Character	明	君
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武兵切	舉云切
Baxter	mjaeng	kjun
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiæŋ/	/kɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiaŋ/	/kiun/
Shao Rongfen	/miaŋ/	/kiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋ/	/kun/
Li Rong	/miɐŋ/	/kiuən/
Wang Li	/mĭɐŋ/	/kĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɐŋ/	/ki̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng	jūn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming⁴	gwan¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mraŋ C.qur/

(Zhengzhang): /*mraŋ klun/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	明	君
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	míng	jūn
Middle Chinese	‹ mjæng ›	‹ kjun ›
Old Chinese	/*mraŋ/	/*C.qur/
English	bright	lord; ruler
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	明	君
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9188	7289
Phonetic component	明	君
Rime group	陽	文
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	明	君
Old Chinese	/*mraŋ/	/*klun/

Noun

明君

(literary) wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (明君):

→ Japanese: 明君(めいくん) (meikun)
→ Korean: 명군(明君) (myeonggun)
→ Vietnamese: minh quân (明君)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
明	君
めい Grade: 2	くん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [me̞ːkɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

明(めい)君(くん) • (meikun)

wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord

Korean

Hanja in this term
明	君

Noun

明君 • (myeonggun) (hangeul 명군)

Hanja form^? of 명군 (“wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
明	君

Noun

明君

chữ Hán form of minh quân (“upright monarch”).

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